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Keysight Oscilloscopes vs Tektronix Oscilloscopes comparison

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

Categories and Ranking

Keysight Oscilloscopes
Ranking in Oscilloscopes
5th
Average Rating
8.4
Number of Reviews
23
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Tektronix Oscilloscopes
Ranking in Oscilloscopes
3rd
Average Rating
8.4
Number of Reviews
23
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of September 2026, in the Oscilloscopes category, the mindshare of Keysight Oscilloscopes is 15.1%, up from 11.9% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Tektronix Oscilloscopes is 15.3%, down from 16.8% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Oscilloscopes Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Tektronix Oscilloscopes15.3%
Keysight Oscilloscopes15.1%
Other69.6%
Oscilloscopes
 

Featured Reviews

AC
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.
HC
Sr Engineer at a tech company with 5,001-10,000 employees
B-scan is its most valuable feature. However, we are looking for an Intel platform with the newest chipset.
Try it if it is within your budget. It is a good product. The learning curve is very quick. It takes about one or two days. While we have plans to use this product to support connect devices, we are not currently doing so. We are currently measuring signals from 3.0 and 4.0, and looking for 5.0.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The technical support is good, and it has very strong customer support. They sent an engineer to us who gave us some training and tutorials."
"It's very convenient because once we set up everything, we just queue our test plan and then are able to do whatever we want: embed with the key size and the PLOTS auto fix removal."
"Its versatility and accuracy are the most valuable features."
"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."
"By using the Keysight network analyzer, we get pretty reliable results."
"The most valuable features are its quality and reliability; the type of instrument they make is pretty much the industry standard and trustworthy."
"It's accurate, fast, has high bandwidth, and the PLTS is pretty convenient."
"But I would highly recommend this product."
"Because it can detect both frequency and time domains simultaneously, if I want to check I send a command to the device and I can look at the frequency output."
"This solution provides high confidence in the data being presented in the measurement to inform a design decision going forward."
"They provide a great partnership with us."
"Tektronix is robust and reliable. It's a hammer-resistant machine, a fact which is most important on our manufacturing floor."
"When I was looking for a scope for that lab, that five subdivisions per division was important."
"The sensitivity of the trigger and the reliability are the most valuable features, and the scopes were extremely reliable."
"It has a good user interface. It's easy to use, easy to read. It's intuitive."
"The user interface is excellent. The GUI is so self-explanatory and there are the same knobs everywhere; the design is a standard design line."
 

Cons

"I would like to see the possibility of interacting with the software, new features for software post-processing. For example, once you're done measuring, it would be nice to be able to generate some data starting from the measurement data."
"It's very expensive because this type of equipment is not so common."
"I would like to see better post-processing data utility tools like a de-embedding."
"They can improve, but I don't know how."
"We are using this product to support connected devices for IoT development, but we need more automation."
"The integration between different software and hardware panels could be improved. In the software, it's not as strong as the other solutions."
"If the simulation runs for a long time, it will suddenly crash. If they can debug that, the product would be better."
"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."
"The power of the computer inside is weak. Sometimes I send a lot of data and I'll feel the lag... I would like to see them improve the processing power."
"There are other devices out there which are more capable, offering more features, with as good quality tech support."
"On the source side, their AWGs don't have enough bandwidth. They need to increase the bandwidth of their AWGs, meaning they have to have a faster sample rate."
"The pricing is very expensive."
"I would like to see an app from this company for test fixtures."
"It needs one button and every time you push it, you get whatever you need."
"If they could make the user interface even more intuitive that would help. If they could make it easier to read, to know where the buttons are, that's all I need."
"Tektronix Oscilloscopes are really expensive for small businesses."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"It's very expensive because this type of equipment is not so common. For a company buying it, this is a big investment."
"The pricing is very expensive."
"If we rented the product, it would be more affordable than buying new."
"It's very expensive."
"The pricing is good for what they offer."
"The price is affordable for us, but for smaller companies, probably not."
"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 not too high and not too low."
"In the 100 gigabit Ethernet and 400 gigabit Ethernet category, everything is in the multi-hundred thousand dollar range, so it was fair pricing because everything is expensive."
"Isolated probes are good to have, as most of the scopes don't have it. It drives up the cost when you have to buy isolated probes."
"The pricing is very expensive."
"They have academic pricing which is helpful."
"Tektronix Oscilloscopes are really expensive for small businesses. The low-end scopes don't really compare performance-wise to what the other companies provide, like RIGOL . Mostly that just has to do with the software options."
"We demoed the product before purchasing it."
"It is a great price for a great product."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Retailer
11%
Manufacturing Company
11%
Outsourcing Company
9%
Healthcare Company
8%
Manufacturing Company
15%
University
11%
Comms Service Provider
9%
Financial Services Firm
7%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business5
Midsize Enterprise3
Large Enterprise18
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business2
Midsize Enterprise1
Large Enterprise19
 

Also Known As

InfiniiVision Series, Infiniium Series
TBS Series, TDS Series, MDO Series, MSO Series
 

Overview

 

Sample Customers

Nokia Bell Labs
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