Keysight Oscilloscopes vs Rohde & Schwarz Oscilloscopes comparison

Keysight Technologies and Rohde & Schwarz are both solutions in the Oscilloscopes category. Keysight Technologies is ranked #4, while Rohde & Schwarz is ranked #5. Keysight Technologies holds a 14.7% mindshare in O, compared to Rohde & Schwarz’s 11.1% mindshare. Additionally, 100% of Keysight Technologies users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 100% of Rohde & Schwarz users who would recommend it.

Keysight Oscilloscopes

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Executive Summary

We performed a comparison between Keysight Oscilloscopes and Rohde & Schwarz 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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Keysight Oscilloscopes vs. Rohde & Schwarz Oscilloscopes

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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

Rohde & Schwarz Oscilloscopes

Ranking in Oscilloscopes

5th

Average Rating

8.2

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 Rohde & Schwarz Oscilloscopes is 11.1%, up from 6.4% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Oscilloscopes Mindshare Distribution
Product	Mindshare (%)
Keysight Oscilloscopes	14.7%
Rohde & Schwarz Oscilloscopes	11.1%
Other	74.2%

Oscilloscopes

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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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Brandon Jiao

Staff Transceiver Engineer at Xilinx, Inc.

With this machine, it's easier for us to debug or clarify where the noise source could be because of its accuracy

For the RF application, we care much about the crosstalk on our device and PCBs. Generally, what we can do with the other vendor's product is four-port measurement. It's a bit complicated for us and time consuming to combine all the crosstalk measurement together in a unified model. However, with this VNA, it is much easier because of its eight ports configuration. It's very stable because everything is done at the same time. This means within the test condition environment, everything is the same. This has increased accuracy and dramatically saved a lot of our time. We can do more experiments with this product than using other VNAs which have less ports.

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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

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

"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."

"The Keysight Ecal feature has made it very easy for me to do calibrations."

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

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

"It can go up to a very high frequency, up to 120 gigahertz. And the user interface is really good. It's really easy to navigate."

"It breaks down all the parameters that we need to look at."

"The user interface is very good, very graphical. It provides a lot of help in using and operating it."

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"The noise floor for reference clocks is pretty low, so this instrument is able to measure it where others cannot."

"The most valuable features are its wide bandwidth and 8 ports."

"The ability to have both the time domain and frequency domain, where the frequency domain is a very broad spectral plot, is extremely valuable."

"It has a very low noise floor."

"The noise sensitivity: It has a low noise floor."

"I have been able to do quality measurements that I have been unable to achieve with the equipment from some other vendors."

"It is a more efficient, easier way to do measurements."

"The product is quite reliable and straightforward to use. Typically, there are no households that we have to set up."

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Cons

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

"There is room for improvement with some of the features of the scope. I would like them to make it a bit more simplistic... For example, if I want to look at what the total jitter is, they should make it simpler to find that, with different tabs."

"Some of the models have only two ports. It takes much longer to use a two-port. If they had a four-port, it would be much better."

"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."

"Something I'd like to see is much better documentation and some good examples. That would be very helpful for a new user to get better at using the new test equipment."

"I would like be able to measure multi-lane simultaneously. Right now, the high-performance jitter solution measures one signal. I would like to capture many at the same time."

"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."

"I would like them to build in more high-speed functions, such as FEC or PCIe, built into the array. PERT to be built-in for more specific product call. These would make our lives much easier."

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"In the next release, I would like to see report generation. It would make it a lot easier to refer back to and, when doing final testing, seeing what went on during the pre-test would help."

"The depth the the user GUI could be improved. It is a bit deep for new users. During the first two weeks we spent a lot of time finding the tabs."

"There was a learning curve. Their use interface and the way that their products work are not intuitive to somebody who switches from other vendors."

"They could use an RDA interface."

"The size of the unit is too big, too heavy. It has to be made more portable and smaller."

"The Rohde & Schwarz user interface is very oriented towards drop and drag functions on the screen. Some of those are just not obvious how to use. You have to have somebody get you over the hump."

"It would be good if they would try to automate most things because it has more pressing buttons and repetitive work. If there were automation scripts that they could provide, that would improve things."

"I'm against the Windows-based tools. Now everybody is running scopes, VNAs, and all their tools based on Windows. I don't want to see that in the future."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

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

"The pricing is always high."

"They're not cheap."

"Our solution is upgradable. However, upgrading depends on how much money the company is willing to spend, because each upgrade will take a million dollars."

"While I don't have transparency on the pricing, it works within my budget."

"The pricing is good for what they offer."

"It's very expensive because this type of equipment is not so common. For a company buying it, this is a big investment."

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"One of the things I liked less, not only me but also my company, was that Rohde & Schwarz are very expensive... There are solutions that are almost the same that sell at better prices."

"If we are looking to purchase a product, we ask for a loaner for a month or so to test it out. Then, we will make a decision."

"Buying Rohde & Schwarz gear is like buying a Mercedes. It raises eyebrows when you're asking for that level of performance."

"The pricing is expensive, but very fair when you look at the technology that you are getting. These are higher-end pieces which have a ton of engineering in them that is not evident on the package. However, you could imagine the amount of time that the vendor has spent on the firmware, optimizing the internal layout, developing custom ICs, etc. They're releasing a mass produced product, but these things are built to last."

"The pricing is way too expensive."

"The pricing is too high."

"The pricing is very expensive."

"The pricing is very competitive."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Manufacturing Company

14%

Retailer

12%

Legal Firm

Healthcare Company

Manufacturing Company

17%

Government

10%

Comms Service Provider

Computer Software Company

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

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	4
Midsize Enterprise	1
Large Enterprise	6

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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

Oscilloscope innovation that delivers measurement confidence. Excellent signal fidelity, high acquisition rate, an innovative trigger system and a clever user interface - that’s what you get with Rohde & Schwarz, a leading manufacturer of oscilloscopes. Match your needs with the right oscilloscope platform, probing options and software applications. From general purpose test to solutions for specific industry standards, we have you covered.

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