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# 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

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[Storage Options](/v3.0.0/storage-and-credentials/storage-options.md)
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[Managed Credentials](/v3.0.0/storage-and-credentials/managed-credentials.md)
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