# Storage & Credentials

## Accessing datasets in AWS, Google Cloud, and more

Deep Lake can be used as a pure OSS package without any registration or relationship with Activeloop. However, registering with Activeloop offers several benefits:

* Storage provided by Activeloop
* Access to [Deep Lake UI](https://app.activeloop.ai/), which provides dataset visualization, querying, version control UI, dataset analytics, and other powerful features
* Managed credentials for Deep Lake datasets and linked tensor data stored outside of Activeloop

{% content-ref url="storage-and-credentials/storage-options" %}
[storage-options](https://docs-v3.activeloop.ai/v3.0.0/storage-and-credentials/storage-options)
{% endcontent-ref %}

{% content-ref url="storage-and-credentials/managed-credentials" %}
[managed-credentials](https://docs-v3.activeloop.ai/v3.0.0/storage-and-credentials/managed-credentials)
{% endcontent-ref %}