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 14.7% mindshare in O, compared to NI (National Instruments)’s 2.8% 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 March 2026, in the Oscilloscopes category, the mindshare of Keysight Oscilloscopes is 14.7%, up from 10.8% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of National Instruments (NI) Oscilloscopes is 2.8%, up from 0.8% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Oscilloscopes Mindshare Distribution
Product	Mindshare (%)
Keysight Oscilloscopes	14.7%
National Instruments (NI) Oscilloscopes	2.8%
Other	82.5%

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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."

"I use the serial decoder for the serial interfaces, which helps me debug my product quickly."

"This is a very good product to do your basic signal integrity tests and check your signals in the systems."

"The user interface is very simple. Everyone can use it."

"It's a very nice product. Whatever feature that I was looking for, it was within my budget."

"It's a one-stop solution. It does everything we need. The combined functionality is the biggest benefit."

"While it depends on the field, the learning curve is usually really quick."

"It has the highest bandwidth and resolution on the market."

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"It took us less than a week to get integrated into the solution, which is very fast."

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

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

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

"The user interface is very good. Their boards are reliable. We buy boards from them, they are reliable, and we don't have problems with them."

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

"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."

"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."

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Cons

"I would also like to see a more detailed change-notice from version to version, what changed. If they had a more detailed description of what is changing and the reason for it, rather than just releasing, that would be good for us so we know whether or not to upgrade."

"I am not really impressed with the GUI since it has not changed in almost 20 years (since I first began using the product). While the GUI part is okay, I can live with it."

"I would like more accuracy, particularly for multiport measurements."

"It's very expensive because this type of equipment is not so common."

"I would like more customized functions, so we can do the programming and definitions ourselves."

"We tried to connect multiple computers with a KVM switch but we could not do that using Keysight VNA. Keysight VNA comes with the PC inside it. We have other equipment as well, and we tried to combine it so that we had one monitor to control everything. With Keysight we could not do it. That's something of an inconvenience."

"It needs more flexible probing solutions, especially for the complex ICs."

"I would like to see the possibility of interacting with the software, new features for software post-processing."

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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 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 takes one to two months to get acclimated to the tool."

"The software has room for improvement."

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

"The price is a little steep."

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

"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."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"The pricing is good for what they offer."

"The pricing is very expensive, but with leading technology, nothing is cheap."

"We are looking at $600,000 and it's obviously expensive, but compared to others, everybody is in the same ballpark."

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

"They're not cheap."

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

"It's expensive, but the quality matters."

"If we rented the product, it would be more affordable than buying new."

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

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

"I would like more competitive pricing."

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

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

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

"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

12%

Legal Firm

Healthcare Company

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Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

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

By reviewers
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.

Keysight Technologies

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

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