<p>The sign-in is to enable cloud saves, build with friends, wanted list export, upload to the Studio Gallery, shopping integration features like price lookup, and probably some other features I haven't thought of or have not been mentioned in the comments yet. If you don't plan on using any of those features then it isn't required to sign-in.</p>

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2020-09-02T17:14:27.353Z
When you say price lookup, do you mean that Stud.io can act as a hub for BrickLink or that you can just see prices? Anyway thanks for the help!
pkbpack18
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2020-09-02T17:39:12.963Z
@pkbpack18 It means it can show you average item prizes (based on BrickLink). Together with that there's also other BrickLink integration, like exporting the model into a wanted list. If you have a BrickLink account and intend your model to exist in reality at some point in the future, those features are quite helpful.
Rauy
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2020-09-02T17:43:12.633Z
@ChristianRau Thanks!
pkbpack18
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2020-09-02T22:34:37.027Z
Went ahead and updated my answer to clarify the feature list by adding a couple of things (Completely forgot about Wanted List export!) and leaving it a bit open ended.
Nathan Stohlmann
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2020-09-02T15:59:45.530Z
2020-09-02T22:33:48.047Z
2020-09-02T22:33:48.047Z
Nathan Stohlmann
<p>I recently installed Stud.io 2.0 on my MacBook. Is it absolutely necessary to sign in, or is that just so that you can save to the cloud and build with friends?</p>

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Do I really need to sign into Stud.io?
pkbpack18
# Do I really need to sign into Stud.io?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2020-09-02)

I recently installed Stud.io 2.0 on my MacBook. Is it absolutely necessary to sign in, or is that just so that you can save to the cloud and build with friends?

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2020-09-02. Score: 11 | Accepted answer

The sign-in is to enable cloud saves, build with friends, wanted list export, upload to the Studio Gallery, shopping integration features like price lookup, and probably some other features I haven't thought of or have not been mentioned in the comments yet. If you don't plan on using any of those features then it isn't required to sign-in.

> **Comments:**
> **username_0**: When you say price lookup, do you mean that Stud.io can act as a hub for BrickLink or that you can just see prices? Anyway thanks for the help!  
> **username_2**: @username_0 It means it can show you average item prizes (based on BrickLink). Together with that there's also other BrickLink integration, like exporting the model into a wanted list. If you have a BrickLink account and intend your model to exist in reality at some point in the future, those features are quite helpful.  
> **username_0**: @ChristianRau Thanks!  
> **username_1**: Went ahead and updated my answer to clarify the feature list by adding a couple of things (Completely forgot about Wanted List export!) and leaving it a bit open ended.  

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