Keysight Oscilloscopes vs National Instruments (NI) Oscilloscopes comparison

Keysight Technologies and NI (National Instruments) are both solutions in the Oscilloscopes category. Keysight Technologies is ranked #4, while NI (National Instruments) is ranked #7. Keysight Technologies holds a 13.8% mindshare in O, compared to NI (National Instruments)’s 2.3% mindshare. Additionally, 100% of Keysight Technologies users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 92% of NI (National Instruments) users who would recommend it.

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92% willing to recommend

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Executive Summary

We performed a comparison between Keysight Oscilloscopes and National Instruments (NI) Oscilloscopes based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

Find out in this report how the two Oscilloscopes solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI.

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Categories and Ranking

Keysight Oscilloscopes

Ranking in Oscilloscopes

4th

Average Rating

8.4

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

National Instruments (NI) O...

Ranking in Oscilloscopes

7th

Average Rating

8.6

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of January 2026, in the Oscilloscopes category, the mindshare of Keysight Oscilloscopes is 13.8%, up from 11.2% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of National Instruments (NI) Oscilloscopes is 2.3%, up from 0.8% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Oscilloscopes Market Share Distribution
Product	Market Share (%)
Keysight Oscilloscopes	13.8%
National Instruments (NI) Oscilloscopes	2.3%
Other	83.9%

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Amit Chowdhry

Principal at a tech services company with 1-10 employees

The technical support ecosystem is what really makes it good.

Because they're such a big industry standard name, their products are standardized across many customers, which is why people own these products. The customer support is very good. If you need an application to do any measurement, you can easily get a hold of people to help you with it. This is a whole ecosystem. The user interface is top-notch in the industry.

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Armando Arenai

Senior Technical Officer at a tech services company with 1,001-5,000 employees

I have saved almost 50 percent of my total budget for a project by using their products

The use of this solution does require a specific mindset. Some people are not tailored for it. Try it. The learning curve is really fast, so it's easy to use. We are measuring RF signals, one-sided analog signals, and control loops for system controls. We are not using this product to support connected devices nor are we planning to going forward.

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Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:

Pros

"It does everything that I need it to with the PLTS software and the network analyzer software."

"The most valuable features are its quality and reliability... The good thing about the GUI interface which is, of course, software-based, is that you can record and save your test setup."

"Its versatility and accuracy are the most valuable features."

"Before silicon came back, our customers' performance was affected. Using these tools, we are able to deliver performance to our customers."

"The user interface is simple and straightforward, so I can easily measure frequency, time, and other complex measurements."

"Its 4 port has true differential with quite a few de-embedding features. It goes up to 40 GHz with high performance."

"The customer support is very good. If you need an application to do any measurement, you can easily get a hold of people to help you with it. This is a whole ecosystem."

"The user interface has never been better. They improved it a few years ago with a more modern oscilloscope interface and it's easier to use, even for more junior people in our lab."

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"It saves me a lot of time. You can click a button and walk away, basically doing a week's worth of work in 20 minutes, it's a pretty good time saver."

"We haven't need technical support yet because all documentation is well done and there."

"Because their view is a graphical user interface (GUI), it's very easy to program the tool."

"It makes programming simpler."

"It helps us to save on our investment with a lot of the stuff that we buy, as we can find defects quickly."

"The user interface is very good, easy to understand, and easy to operate."

"Most of the features are on the screen itself. The naming convention makes it very easy to understand what is needed."

"I can automate a lot of testing very quickly. With just a push of a button, I can test hundreds of different scenarios without having to do all that manual testing myself."

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Cons

"The user interface is not that good. It's not very intuitive. It's functional, but it's not designed for ease of operation. It's designed for functionality."

"I would like more customized functions, so we can do the programming and definitions ourselves. There is an automation flow to capture this signal, and we would like to do this ourselves."

"The user interface has a load of features that come with it, which is why it is an eight out of ten."

"Everybody is looking for more automation support, so that if they can incorporate more protocols. It makes it easier."

"If the simulation runs for a long time, it will suddenly crash. If they can debug that, the product would be better."

"Sometimes, it's quite hard to get the technical support to come onsite. If we run into a hardware, measurement, or software issue, we may have to wait a long time for them to come."

"Their GUI is not the best. They need to improve on that. I think their software team needs to put in a little bit more work on how they are presenting the application on the scope."

"The integration between different software and hardware panels could be improved. In the software, it's not as strong as the other solutions."

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"It took a good year until I felt proficient using the product, as It is a complex program. Their newest version has a less steep learning curve, but back closer to 15 years ago, it was a lot less user-friendly."

"I would like to see them increase the productivity and auxiliary functions."

"There is a learning curve. It takes one to two months to get acclimated to the tool."

"National Instruments needs to be focusing on its 5G RF applications. They are aware of this, and that's where most of their R&D is going."

"I would like to see more of a tasking user base and documentation inside the instrument itself, rather than having to go online for it."

"There is a learning curve. It might take a year if you're not well-versed with it."

"The software has room for improvement."

"I would like more speed and a reduction in size."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"The major factor influencing the decision-makers is the price."

"Pricing can be improved a bit. They try to make the pricing competitive but I think there are times that the competitors have good pricing."

"The pricing is good for what they offer."

"The cost is always a struggle. We always wish that we could do more for less."

"The pricing is always high."

"Pricing always is very expensive. There's no free lunch."

"It's very expensive."

"The pricing is on the high side."

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"The pricing was good. Compared to the others, it was very good."

"I would like more competitive pricing."

"It's a bit expensive. However, you get the entire package, not just the box. It's a box which supports older releases."

"These products are a very low-cost, effective alternative to traditional Big Iron ATE hardware."

"It's reasonably priced for what we spend our money on in the lab. It's one of the lower-end purchases."

"The cost of the equipment has room for improvement. The pricing could improve."

"The price is a little steep. A lot of people, like our customers, use a different machine because of the price. The price has to come down a bit so we can do other tests without paying the equipment's high costs."

"They have an initial investment cost, which is quite high. But, along the way, there is so much behind it that the product is really invaluable."

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Top Industries

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Manufacturing Company

14%

Retailer

11%

Legal Firm

University

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Company Size

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Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	5
Midsize Enterprise	3
Large Enterprise	18

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Company Size	Count
Small Business	3
Large Enterprise	7

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Also Known As

InfiniiVision Series, Infiniium Series

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Overview

More engineers are switching to Keysight oscilloscopes because they help you:

Get your products to market faster with award-winning oscilloscopes that offer the fastest update rates, the deepest memory, the industry’s only capacitive touch screen, and the most oscilloscope software options.
Produce the highest-performing products with measurements you can trust thanks to oscilloscopes with industry-leading signal integrity and the largest selection of oscilloscope probes.
Achieve the lowest cost of ownership with multiple instruments in one mainframe and easy upgrades.
Get a compact instrument with zero compromise in functionality with the Keysight Streamline Series USB oscilloscopes.

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Turning powerful possibilities into real solutions with our open, software-defined platform for automated test and automated measurement systems.

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