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RIGOL Oscilloscopes vs Tektronix Oscilloscopes comparison

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Categories and Ranking

RIGOL Oscilloscopes
Ranking in Oscilloscopes
4th
Average Rating
8.0
Number of Reviews
1
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 RIGOL Oscilloscopes is 13.4%, down from 21.6% 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%
RIGOL Oscilloscopes13.4%
Other71.3%
Oscilloscopes
 

Featured Reviews

JP
Owner at Prince Power
The most valuable feature would be the bandwidth
It is a general purpose scope with 4-channel 300 MHz.  The application space that this solution targets is the embedded system of my products. Typically, the signals that we are measuring are digital, Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE), wireless, and Zigbee The most valuable feature would be the…
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

"There is not really a learning curve."
"The most valuable feature would be the bandwidth."
"The user interface is good, not very complicated, and it is very intuitive."
"Being able to monitor data from a CAN bus while the vehicle is running will cut down a lot of the feedback for the design mode."
"It provides you the best way to view information without opening multiple applications, like a single solution."
"I haven't seen anything similar where it has a spectrum analyzer and regular scope together."
"The Ipath and measurements are fantastic and simple to implement."
"It has digital scopes with a high bandwidth and digitized signal. It can do whatever you want with the signal. Since its user-friendly software allows you to work with the signal, which is pretty cool."
"The sensitivity of the trigger and the reliability are the most valuable features, and the scopes were extremely reliable."
"Tektronix is robust and reliable. It's a hammer-resistant machine, a fact which is most important on our manufacturing floor."
 

Cons

"I had to change the probes to higher frequency probes."
"The memory needs improvement."
"I wish we could turn off the automatic measurement feature of the oscilloscope, for teaching purposes."
"If you are dealing with time domain measurement, I strongly recommend using a vendor other than this company."
"I would like if they could have more customer support engagement."
"Tektronix Oscilloscopes are really expensive for small businesses."
"They need to add more memory to this machine."
"The ruggedness could be improved."
"In terms of room for improvement, it's a powerful scope. But, the power of the computer inside is weak."
"I would like to see more integration into machine learning because that's what we try to apply it to."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The pricing was good."
"For the 4-channel big display, you have to upgrade to 500 MHz."
"It's available on the low-end scopes for free, but on the higher-end scopes, it is expensive. Therefore, it's a bit more difficult to make stuff work."
"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."
"They're all pretty expensive. If everything costs that much, I suppose the pricing is fair."
"Tecktronix pricing tends to be pretty fair and reasonable with current market trends. They don't usually bump up the price too much."
"The pricing is okay. It was within our budget."
"It could always be cheaper."
"We demoed the product before purchasing it."
"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."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Comms Service Provider
17%
Manufacturing Company
12%
University
9%
Educational Organization
6%
Manufacturing Company
15%
University
11%
Comms Service Provider
9%
Financial Services Firm
7%
 

Company Size

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

Also Known As

7000 Series, MSO5000 Series, 1000Z Series, DS6000 Series, 4000 Series, 2000 Series
TBS Series, TDS Series, MDO Series, MSO Series
 

Overview

Find out what your peers are saying about Rohde & Schwarz, Siglent, Tektronix and others in Oscilloscopes. Updated: August 2026.
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