DANDI NWB vs IBL
A source-backed comparison of dataset access, modalities, cost signal, license, and codebook path.
DANDI NWB
DANDI Archive for NWB datasets
IBL
International Brain Laboratory public data
Scientific domain
domain
electrophysiology
Source
- Status
- Status: verified
- Verified
- Verified: 2026-04-30
- Source type
- Type: official-dataset-page
behavioral-neuroscience
Source
- Status
- Status: verified
- Verified
- Verified: 2026-04-29
- Source type
- Type: official-dataset-page
Primary data modalities
modalities
NWB, electrophysiology, optophysiology, behavioral data, metadata
Source
- Status
- Status: verified
- Verified
- Verified: 2026-04-30
- Source type
- Type: official-dataset-page
behavior, Neuropixels electrophysiology, widefield calcium imaging, histology metadata
Source
- Status
- Status: verified
- Verified
- Verified: 2026-04-29
- Source type
- Type: official-dataset-page
Access tier
access.tier
open
Source
- Status
- Status: verified
- Verified
- Verified: 2026-04-30
- Source type
- Type: official-documentation
open
Source
- Status
- Status: verified
- Verified
- Verified: 2026-04-29
- Source type
- Type: official-documentation
Access timeline
access.timeline
Published Dandiset metadata and archive endpoints are available through the production DANDI API.
Source
- Status
- Status: verified
- Verified
- Verified: 2026-04-30
- Source type
- Type: official-documentation
Public sessions can be searched and loaded from the IBL public data server through ONE.
Source
- Status
- Status: verified
- Verified
- Verified: 2026-04-29
- Source type
- Type: official-documentation
Cost signal
access.cost
No access fee is listed for public DANDI archive browsing and API access.
Source
- Status
- Status: verified
- Verified
- Verified: 2026-04-30
- Source type
- Type: official-documentation
No access fee is stated in the official public data documentation.
Source
- Status
- Status: verified
- Verified
- Verified: 2026-04-29
- Source type
- Type: official-documentation
License or terms
access.license
License and reuse terms are Dandiset-specific and must be checked on each Dandiset record.
Source
- Status
- Status: unknown
- Verified
- Verified: 2026-04-30
- Source type
- Type: official-documentation
CC BY 4.0 for the Brainwide map data release documentation on Figshare.
Source
- Status
- Status: verified
- Verified
- Verified: 2026-04-29
- Source type
- Type: official-codebook
Codebook path
codebook
DANDI REST API and Dandiset metadata, DANDI documents listing, searching, Dandiset metadata, asset metadata, downloading, and asset search endpoints.
Source
- Status
- Status: verified
- Verified
- Verified: 2026-04-30
- Source type
- Type: official-documentation
Brainwide map data release documentation, The Figshare technical paper links to experimental procedures, data processing pipelines, and download instructions for the Brainwide map release.
Source
- Status
- Status: verified
- Verified
- Verified: 2026-04-29
- Source type
- Type: official-codebook