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# Storage & Credentials

How to access datasets in other clouds and manage their credentials.

## Storing Datasets in Your Own Cloud

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 the [Tensor Database](/v3.6.2/enterprise-features/managed-database.md) for performant vector search
* Access to [Deep Lake App](https://app.activeloop.ai/), which provides dataset visualization, querying, version control UI, dataset analytics, and other powerful features
* [Managed credentials](/v3.6.2/storage-and-credentials/managed-credentials.md) for Deep Lake datasets stored outside of Activeloop

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<figure><img src="https://584765972-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FCElLhQ9kARcsCFSn3WH0%2Fuploads%2FnE0JZUaNaNrOfd6zNaMm%2FAuthentication_With_OSS.png?alt=media&amp;token=d3cdda9c-3c1f-4259-94d2-21c85745f81f" alt=""><figcaption><p>Authentication Using Pure OSS Without Activeloop</p></figcaption></figure>

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[Storage Options](/v3.6.2/storage-and-credentials/storage-options.md)
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