diff --git a/cmd/uncloud/service/root.go b/cmd/uncloud/service/root.go
index 236d66eb..9b5c72d4 100644
--- a/cmd/uncloud/service/root.go
+++ b/cmd/uncloud/service/root.go
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ func NewRootCommand() *cobra.Command {
 		NewRmCommand(),
 		NewRunCommand(),
 		NewScaleCommand(),
+		NewStopCommand(),
+		NewStartCommand(),
 	)
 	return cmd
 }
diff --git a/cmd/uncloud/service/start.go b/cmd/uncloud/service/start.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..fc28d704
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/uncloud/service/start.go
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+//nolint:dupl
+package service
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"fmt"
+
+	"github.com/docker/compose/v2/pkg/progress"
+	"github.com/psviderski/uncloud/internal/cli"
+	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
+)
+
+type startOptions struct {
+	services []string
+}
+
+func NewStartCommand() *cobra.Command {
+	opts := startOptions{}
+	cmd := &cobra.Command{
+		Use:   "start SERVICE [SERVICE...]",
+		Short: "Start one or more services.",
+		Long:  "Start one or more services.",
+		Args:  cobra.MinimumNArgs(1),
+		RunE: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
+			uncli := cmd.Context().Value("cli").(*cli.CLI)
+			opts.services = args
+			return start(cmd.Context(), uncli, opts)
+		},
+	}
+	return cmd
+}
+
+func start(ctx context.Context, uncli *cli.CLI, opts startOptions) error {
+	client, err := uncli.ConnectCluster(ctx)
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("connect to cluster: %w", err)
+	}
+	defer client.Close()
+
+	for _, s := range opts.services {
+		err = progress.RunWithTitle(ctx, func(ctx context.Context) error {
+			if err = client.StartService(ctx, s); err != nil {
+				return fmt.Errorf("start service '%s': %w", s, err)
+			}
+			return nil
+		}, uncli.ProgressOut(), "Starting service "+s)
+	}
+
+	return err
+}
diff --git a/cmd/uncloud/service/stop.go b/cmd/uncloud/service/stop.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f5a61ad5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/uncloud/service/stop.go
@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+//nolint:dupl
+package service
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"fmt"
+
+	"github.com/docker/compose/v2/pkg/progress"
+	"github.com/docker/docker/api/types/container"
+	"github.com/psviderski/uncloud/internal/cli"
+	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
+)
+
+type stopOptions struct {
+	services       []string
+	signal         string
+	timeoutChanged bool
+	timeout        int
+}
+
+func NewStopCommand() *cobra.Command {
+	opts := stopOptions{}
+	cmd := &cobra.Command{
+		Use:   "stop SERVICE [SERVICE...]",
+		Short: "Stop one or more services.",
+		Long:  "Stop one or more services.",
+		Args:  cobra.MinimumNArgs(1),
+		RunE: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
+			uncli := cmd.Context().Value("cli").(*cli.CLI)
+			opts.services = args
+			opts.timeoutChanged = cmd.Flags().Changed("timeout")
+			return stop(cmd.Context(), uncli, opts)
+		},
+	}
+	cmd.Flags().StringVarP(&opts.signal, "signal", "s", "", "Signal to send to the container")
+	cmd.Flags().IntVarP(&opts.timeout, "timeout", "t", 0, "Seconds to wait before killing the container")
+	return cmd
+}
+
+func stop(ctx context.Context, uncli *cli.CLI, opts stopOptions) error {
+	client, err := uncli.ConnectCluster(ctx)
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("connect to cluster: %w", err)
+	}
+	defer client.Close()
+
+	stopOpts := container.StopOptions{
+		Signal: opts.signal,
+	}
+	if opts.timeoutChanged {
+		stopOpts.Timeout = &opts.timeout
+	}
+
+	for _, s := range opts.services {
+		err = progress.RunWithTitle(ctx, func(ctx context.Context) error {
+			if err = client.StopService(ctx, s, stopOpts); err != nil {
+				return fmt.Errorf("stop service '%s': %w", s, err)
+			}
+			return nil
+		}, uncli.ProgressOut(), "Stopping service "+s)
+	}
+
+	return err
+}
diff --git a/pkg/api/client.go b/pkg/api/client.go
index f2208904..8bd920dd 100644
--- a/pkg/api/client.go
+++ b/pkg/api/client.go
@@ -48,6 +48,8 @@ type ServiceClient interface {
 	RunService(ctx context.Context, spec ServiceSpec) (RunServiceResponse, error)
 	InspectService(ctx context.Context, id string) (Service, error)
 	RemoveService(ctx context.Context, id string) error
+	StopService(ctx context.Context, id string, opts container.StopOptions) error
+	StartService(ctx context.Context, id string) error
 }
 
 type VolumeClient interface {
diff --git a/pkg/client/service.go b/pkg/client/service.go
index 014eda39..08f0d42e 100644
--- a/pkg/client/service.go
+++ b/pkg/client/service.go
@@ -273,6 +273,80 @@ func (cli *Client) RemoveService(ctx context.Context, id string) error {
 	return err
 }
 
+// StopService stops all containers on all machines that belong to the specified service.
+// The id parameter can be either a service ID or name.
+func (cli *Client) StopService(ctx context.Context, id string, opts container.StopOptions) error {
+	svc, err := cli.InspectService(ctx, id)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	wg := sync.WaitGroup{}
+	errCh := make(chan error)
+
+	// Stop all containers on all machines that belong to the service.
+	for _, mc := range svc.Containers {
+		wg.Add(1)
+
+		go func() {
+			defer wg.Done()
+
+			err := cli.StopContainer(ctx, svc.ID, mc.Container.ID, opts)
+			if err != nil {
+				errCh <- fmt.Errorf("stop container '%s': %w", mc.Container.ID, err)
+			}
+		}()
+	}
+
+	go func() {
+		wg.Wait()
+		close(errCh)
+	}()
+
+	err = nil
+	for e := range errCh {
+		err = errors.Join(err, e)
+	}
+	return err
+}
+
+// StartService starts all containers on all machines that belong to the specified service.
+// The id parameter can be either a service ID or name.
+func (cli *Client) StartService(ctx context.Context, id string) error {
+	svc, err := cli.InspectService(ctx, id)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	wg := sync.WaitGroup{}
+	errCh := make(chan error)
+
+	// Start all containers on all machines that belong to the service.
+	for _, mc := range svc.Containers {
+		wg.Add(1)
+
+		go func() {
+			defer wg.Done()
+
+			err := cli.StartContainer(ctx, svc.ID, mc.Container.ID)
+			if err != nil {
+				errCh <- fmt.Errorf("start container '%s': %w", mc.Container.ID, err)
+			}
+		}()
+	}
+
+	go func() {
+		wg.Wait()
+		close(errCh)
+	}()
+
+	err = nil
+	for e := range errCh {
+		err = errors.Join(err, e)
+	}
+	return err
+}
+
 // ListServices returns a list of all services and their containers.
 func (cli *Client) ListServices(ctx context.Context) ([]api.Service, error) {
 	machines, err := cli.ListMachines(ctx, nil)