Canonical pair

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

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Status: verified
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Verified: 2026-04-30
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Type: official-dataset-page

behavioral-neuroscience

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Status: verified
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Verified: 2026-04-29
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Type: official-dataset-page

Primary data modalities

modalities

NWB, electrophysiology, optophysiology, behavioral data, metadata

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Status: verified
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Type: official-dataset-page

behavior, Neuropixels electrophysiology, widefield calcium imaging, histology metadata

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Status: verified
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Verified: 2026-04-29
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Type: official-dataset-page

Access tier

access.tier

open

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Status: verified
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Verified: 2026-04-30
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Type: official-documentation

open

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Status: verified
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Verified: 2026-04-29
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Type: official-documentation

Access timeline

access.timeline

Published Dandiset metadata and archive endpoints are available through the production DANDI API.

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Status: verified
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Verified: 2026-04-30
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Type: official-documentation

Public sessions can be searched and loaded from the IBL public data server through ONE.

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Status: verified
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Verified: 2026-04-29
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Type: official-documentation

Cost signal

access.cost

No access fee is listed for public DANDI archive browsing and API access.

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Status: verified
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Type: official-documentation

No access fee is stated in the official public data documentation.

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Status: verified
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Verified: 2026-04-29
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Type: official-documentation

License or terms

access.license

License and reuse terms are Dandiset-specific and must be checked on each Dandiset record.

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Status: unknown
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Verified: 2026-04-30
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Type: official-documentation

CC BY 4.0 for the Brainwide map data release documentation on Figshare.

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Status: verified
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Verified: 2026-04-29
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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.

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Status: verified
Verified
Verified: 2026-04-30
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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.

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Status
Status: verified
Verified
Verified: 2026-04-29
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Type: official-codebook