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title: Easy Automated cost control
description: Cloud Custodian save costs shutting down resources outside office hours Cloud Custodian help automate common operational task improve security compliance
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# [Easy Automated cost control](https://www.cloudnation.nl/en/inspiration/blogs/easy-automated-cost-control)

 Written by [Luuk Rutten](https://www.cloudnation.nl/en/inspiration/blogs/author/luuk-rutten) | Aug 24, 2020 8:56:00 PM

In this video, Cloud Custodian is used to automatically save costs by shutting down resources outside of office hours. Cloud Custodian can help organizations to automate common operational tasks with minimal effort, as well as improve security & compliance. Find out how!

The policies and templates used in the video, can be found on[ CloudNation's github](https://github.com/CloudNation-nl/Publications).

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