diff --git a/web/vtadmin/src/api/http.ts b/web/vtadmin/src/api/http.ts
index 64d75b23a42..030455c652d 100644
--- a/web/vtadmin/src/api/http.ts
+++ b/web/vtadmin/src/api/http.ts
@@ -448,6 +448,28 @@ export const fetchWorkflowStatus = async (params: { clusterID: string; keyspace:
     return vtctldata.WorkflowStatusResponse.create(result);
 };
 
+export interface WorkflowActionParams {
+    clusterID: string;
+    keyspace: string;
+    name: string;
+}
+
+export const startWorkflow = async ({ clusterID, keyspace, name }: WorkflowActionParams) => {
+    const { result } = await vtfetch(`/api/workflow/${clusterID}/${keyspace}/${name}/start`);
+    const err = vtctldata.WorkflowUpdateResponse.verify(result);
+    if (err) throw Error(err);
+
+    return vtctldata.WorkflowUpdateResponse.create(result);
+};
+
+export const stopWorkflow = async ({ clusterID, keyspace, name }: WorkflowActionParams) => {
+    const { result } = await vtfetch(`/api/workflow/${clusterID}/${keyspace}/${name}/stop`);
+    const err = vtctldata.WorkflowUpdateResponse.verify(result);
+    if (err) throw Error(err);
+
+    return vtctldata.WorkflowUpdateResponse.create(result);
+};
+
 export const fetchVTExplain = async <R extends pb.IVTExplainRequest>({ cluster, keyspace, sql }: R) => {
     // As an easy enhancement for later, we can also validate the request parameters on the front-end
     // instead of defaulting to '', to save a round trip.
diff --git a/web/vtadmin/src/components/routes/Workflows.tsx b/web/vtadmin/src/components/routes/Workflows.tsx
index 32ddfcfb825..558d82ab8e8 100644
--- a/web/vtadmin/src/components/routes/Workflows.tsx
+++ b/web/vtadmin/src/components/routes/Workflows.tsx
@@ -35,9 +35,15 @@ import { Tooltip } from '../tooltip/Tooltip';
 import { KeyspaceLink } from '../links/KeyspaceLink';
 import { QueryLoadingPlaceholder } from '../placeholders/QueryLoadingPlaceholder';
 import { UseQueryResult } from 'react-query';
+import { ReadOnlyGate } from '../ReadOnlyGate';
+import WorkflowActions from './workflows/WorkflowActions';
+import { isReadOnlyMode } from '../../util/env';
 
 export const ThrottleThresholdSeconds = 60;
 
+const COLUMNS = ['Workflow', 'Source', 'Target', 'Streams', 'Last Updated', 'Actions'];
+const READ_ONLY_COLUMNS = ['Workflow', 'Source', 'Target', 'Streams', 'Last Updated'];
+
 export const Workflows = () => {
     useDocumentTitle('Workflows');
     const workflowsQuery = useWorkflows();
@@ -180,6 +186,17 @@ export const Workflows = () => {
                         <div className="font-sans whitespace-nowrap">{formatDateTime(row.timeUpdated)}</div>
                         <div className="font-sans text-sm text-secondary">{formatRelativeTime(row.timeUpdated)}</div>
                     </DataCell>
+
+                    <ReadOnlyGate>
+                        <DataCell>
+                            <WorkflowActions
+                                refetchWorkflows={workflowsQuery.refetch}
+                                keyspace={row.keyspace as string}
+                                clusterID={row.clusterID as string}
+                                name={row.name as string}
+                            />
+                        </DataCell>
+                    </ReadOnlyGate>
                 </tr>
             );
         });
@@ -199,7 +216,7 @@ export const Workflows = () => {
                 />
 
                 <DataTable
-                    columns={['Workflow', 'Source', 'Target', 'Streams', 'Last Updated']}
+                    columns={isReadOnlyMode() ? READ_ONLY_COLUMNS : COLUMNS}
                     data={sortedData}
                     renderRows={renderRows}
                 />
diff --git a/web/vtadmin/src/components/routes/workflows/WorkflowAction.tsx b/web/vtadmin/src/components/routes/workflows/WorkflowAction.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..8ff08801dff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/web/vtadmin/src/components/routes/workflows/WorkflowAction.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,89 @@
+import React from 'react';
+import { Icon, Icons } from '../../Icon';
+import Dialog from '../../dialog/Dialog';
+import { UseMutationResult } from 'react-query';
+
+interface WorkflowActionProps {
+    isOpen: boolean;
+    mutation: UseMutationResult<any, any, any>;
+    title: string;
+    confirmText: string;
+    successText: string;
+    errorText: string;
+    loadingText: string;
+    description?: string;
+    body?: JSX.Element;
+    successBody?: JSX.Element;
+    refetchWorkflows: Function;
+    closeDialog: () => void;
+}
+
+const WorkflowAction: React.FC<WorkflowActionProps> = ({
+    isOpen,
+    closeDialog,
+    mutation,
+    title,
+    confirmText,
+    description,
+    successText,
+    successBody,
+    loadingText,
+    errorText,
+    refetchWorkflows,
+    body,
+}) => {
+    const onCloseDialog = () => {
+        setTimeout(mutation.reset, 500);
+        closeDialog();
+    };
+
+    const hasRun = mutation.data || mutation.error;
+    const onConfirm = () => {
+        mutation.mutate(
+            {},
+            {
+                onSuccess: () => {
+                    refetchWorkflows();
+                },
+            }
+        );
+    };
+    return (
+        <Dialog
+            isOpen={isOpen}
+            confirmText={hasRun ? 'Close' : confirmText}
+            cancelText="Cancel"
+            onConfirm={hasRun ? onCloseDialog : onConfirm}
+            loadingText={loadingText}
+            loading={mutation.isLoading}
+            onCancel={onCloseDialog}
+            onClose={onCloseDialog}
+            hideCancel={hasRun}
+            title={hasRun ? undefined : title}
+            description={hasRun ? undefined : description}
+        >
+            <div className="w-full">
+                {!hasRun && body}
+                {mutation.data && !mutation.error && (
+                    <div className="w-full flex flex-col justify-center items-center">
+                        <span className="flex h-12 w-12 relative items-center justify-center">
+                            <Icon className="fill-current text-green-500" icon={Icons.checkSuccess} />
+                        </span>
+                        <div className="text-lg mt-3 font-bold text-center">{successText}</div>
+                        {successBody}
+                    </div>
+                )}
+                {mutation.error && (
+                    <div className="w-full flex flex-col justify-center items-center">
+                        <span className="flex h-12 w-12 relative items-center justify-center">
+                            <Icon className="fill-current text-red-500" icon={Icons.alertFail} />
+                        </span>
+                        <div className="text-lg mt-3 font-bold text-center">{errorText}</div>
+                    </div>
+                )}
+            </div>
+        </Dialog>
+    );
+};
+
+export default WorkflowAction;
diff --git a/web/vtadmin/src/components/routes/workflows/WorkflowActions.tsx b/web/vtadmin/src/components/routes/workflows/WorkflowActions.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..f437fb9e785
--- /dev/null
+++ b/web/vtadmin/src/components/routes/workflows/WorkflowActions.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,79 @@
+import React, { useState } from 'react';
+import Dropdown from '../../dropdown/Dropdown';
+import MenuItem from '../../dropdown/MenuItem';
+import { Icons } from '../../Icon';
+import WorkflowAction from './WorkflowAction';
+import { useStartWorkflow, useStopWorkflow } from '../../../hooks/api';
+
+interface WorkflowActionsProps {
+    refetchWorkflows: Function;
+    keyspace: string;
+    clusterID: string;
+    name: string;
+}
+
+const WorkflowActions: React.FC<WorkflowActionsProps> = ({ refetchWorkflows, keyspace, clusterID, name }) => {
+    const [currentDialog, setCurrentDialog] = useState<string>('');
+    const closeDialog = () => setCurrentDialog('');
+
+    const startWorkflowMutation = useStartWorkflow({ keyspace, clusterID, name });
+
+    const stopWorkflowMutation = useStopWorkflow({ keyspace, clusterID, name });
+
+    return (
+        <div className="w-min inline-block">
+            <Dropdown dropdownButton={Icons.info} position="bottom-right">
+                <MenuItem onClick={() => setCurrentDialog('Start Workflow')}>Start Workflow</MenuItem>
+                <MenuItem onClick={() => setCurrentDialog('Stop Workflow')}>Stop Workflow</MenuItem>
+            </Dropdown>
+            <WorkflowAction
+                title="Start Workflow"
+                confirmText="Start"
+                loadingText="Starting"
+                mutation={startWorkflowMutation}
+                successText="Started workflow"
+                errorText={`Error occured while starting workflow ${name}`}
+                closeDialog={closeDialog}
+                isOpen={currentDialog === 'Start Workflow'}
+                refetchWorkflows={refetchWorkflows}
+                successBody={
+                    <div className="text-sm">
+                        {startWorkflowMutation.data && startWorkflowMutation.data.summary && (
+                            <div className="text-sm">{startWorkflowMutation.data.summary}</div>
+                        )}
+                    </div>
+                }
+                body={
+                    <div className="text-sm mt-3">
+                        Start the <span className="font-mono bg-gray-300">{name}</span> workflow.
+                    </div>
+                }
+            />
+            <WorkflowAction
+                title="Stop Workflow"
+                confirmText="Stop"
+                loadingText="Stopping"
+                mutation={stopWorkflowMutation}
+                successText="Stopped workflow"
+                errorText={`Error occured while stopping workflow ${name}`}
+                closeDialog={closeDialog}
+                isOpen={currentDialog === 'Stop Workflow'}
+                refetchWorkflows={refetchWorkflows}
+                successBody={
+                    <div className="text-sm">
+                        {stopWorkflowMutation.data && stopWorkflowMutation.data.summary && (
+                            <div className="text-sm">{stopWorkflowMutation.data.summary}</div>
+                        )}
+                    </div>
+                }
+                body={
+                    <div className="text-sm mt-3">
+                        Stop the <span className="font-mono bg-gray-300">{name}</span> workflow.
+                    </div>
+                }
+            />
+        </div>
+    );
+};
+
+export default WorkflowActions;
diff --git a/web/vtadmin/src/hooks/api.ts b/web/vtadmin/src/hooks/api.ts
index 536293702c1..f3772ed4ab0 100644
--- a/web/vtadmin/src/hooks/api.ts
+++ b/web/vtadmin/src/hooks/api.ts
@@ -79,6 +79,8 @@ import {
     GetFullStatusParams,
     validateVersionShard,
     ValidateVersionShardParams,
+    startWorkflow,
+    stopWorkflow,
 } from '../api/http';
 import { vtadmin as pb, vtctldata } from '../proto/vtadmin';
 import { formatAlias } from '../util/tablets';
@@ -460,6 +462,30 @@ export const useWorkflowStatus = (
     return useQuery(['workflow_status', params], () => fetchWorkflowStatus(params));
 };
 
+/**
+ * useStartWorkflow is a mutate hook that starts a workflow.
+ */
+export const useStartWorkflow = (
+    params: Parameters<typeof startWorkflow>[0],
+    options?: UseMutationOptions<Awaited<ReturnType<typeof startWorkflow>>, Error>
+) => {
+    return useMutation<Awaited<ReturnType<typeof startWorkflow>>, Error>(() => {
+        return startWorkflow(params);
+    }, options);
+};
+
+/**
+ * useStopWorkflow is a mutate hook that stops a workflow.
+ */
+export const useStopWorkflow = (
+    params: Parameters<typeof stopWorkflow>[0],
+    options?: UseMutationOptions<Awaited<ReturnType<typeof stopWorkflow>>, Error>
+) => {
+    return useMutation<Awaited<ReturnType<typeof stopWorkflow>>, Error>(() => {
+        return stopWorkflow(params);
+    }, options);
+};
+
 /**
  * useReloadSchema is a mutate hook that reloads schemas in one or more
  * keyspaces, shards, or tablets in the cluster, depending on the request parameters.