# Seeking Guidance: Any Concerns or Objections to Using Google Colab for Project?

**URL:** <https://community.drivendata.org/t/seeking-guidance-any-concerns-or-objections-to-using-google-colab-for-project/10150>\
**Category:** Pale Blue Dot\
**Created:** [January 22, 2024, 10:35pm UTC](https://community.drivendata.org/t/seeking-guidance-any-concerns-or-objections-to-using-google-colab-for-project/10150 "2024-01-22T22:35:38Z")\
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**Author:** ![tupupacha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c57346/32.png) [@tupupacha](https://community.drivendata.org/u/tupupacha)\
**Post date:** [January 22, 2024, 10:35pm UTC](https://community.drivendata.org/t/seeking-guidance-any-concerns-or-objections-to-using-google-colab-for-project/10150/1 "2024-01-22T22:35:38Z")

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Seeking Guidance: Any Concerns or Objections to Using Google Colab for Project?

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**Author:** ![kwetstone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ee7513/32.png) [@kwetstone](https://community.drivendata.org/u/kwetstone)\
**Post date:** [January 23, 2024, 2:02pm UTC](https://community.drivendata.org/t/seeking-guidance-any-concerns-or-objections-to-using-google-colab-for-project/10150/2 "2024-01-23T14:02:49Z")

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@tupupacha Good question! You are welcome to use Google colab’s free computing services. If you use any of the [paid computing options](https://colab.research.google.com/signup), however, then your usage would no longer meet the competition requirement for all tools to be publicly and freely accessible.

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**Author:** ![tupupacha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c57346/32.png) [@tupupacha](https://community.drivendata.org/u/tupupacha)\
**Post date:** [January 23, 2024, 3:18pm UTC](https://community.drivendata.org/t/seeking-guidance-any-concerns-or-objections-to-using-google-colab-for-project/10150/3 "2024-01-23T15:18:39Z")

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Thank you very much.

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**Author:** ![kwetstone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ee7513/32.png) [@kwetstone](https://community.drivendata.org/u/kwetstone)\
**Post date:** [January 23, 2024, 6:17pm UTC](https://community.drivendata.org/t/seeking-guidance-any-concerns-or-objections-to-using-google-colab-for-project/10150/4 "2024-01-23T18:17:25Z")

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@tupupacha We looked into Google collab a bit more, and using Google collab for your submission is fully allowed. This is true regardless of whether you pay for additional compute resources. Good luck!