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RIGOL Oscilloscopes vs Tektronix Oscilloscopes comparison

 

Comparison Buyer's Guide

Executive Summary

Review summaries and opinions

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

Categories and Ranking

RIGOL Oscilloscopes
Ranking in Oscilloscopes
3rd
Average Rating
8.0
Number of Reviews
1
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Tektronix Oscilloscopes
Ranking in Oscilloscopes
4th
Average Rating
8.4
Number of Reviews
23
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of August 2026, in the Oscilloscopes category, the mindshare of RIGOL Oscilloscopes is 13.8%, down from 22.1% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Tektronix Oscilloscopes is 15.9%, down from 16.6% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Oscilloscopes Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
RIGOL Oscilloscopes13.8%
Tektronix Oscilloscopes15.9%
Other70.3%
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

"The most valuable feature would be the bandwidth."
"There is not really a learning curve."
"B-scan is its most valuable feature."
"The most valuable features are everything they do. We primarily use the O-scopes and they help us figure out what's going wrong with our scope out signals."
"I haven't seen anything similar where it has a spectrum analyzer and regular scope together."
"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."
"The Ipath and measurements are fantastic and simple to implement."
"I like to use it and it does what I need it to do."
"The technical support is great; they come in, they show us how to use it, and if we have questions, they'll give presentations."
"Time domain measurement is very accurate compared to other devices."
 

Cons

"The memory needs improvement."
"I had to change the probes to higher frequency probes."
"It needs one button and every time you push it, you get whatever you need."
"I wish we could turn off the automatic measurement feature of the oscilloscope, for teaching purposes."
"There is room for improvement when it comes to the screen size. I don't really have a lot of complaints but screen size would be the biggest thing."
"I use microservices, but you cannot really probe it, since the technology is not really there."
"I would like to see some WiFi capabilities. I would like to upgrade equipment, and if I was in the U.S., I could do that with WiFi capabilities."
"They need to add more memory to this machine because at this time the machine can support random simulation to the power of 15 but realistically, in requests from our customers, we need it to the power of 31."
"I am not utilizing the full bandwidth of this product."
"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."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The pricing was good."
"For the 4-channel big display, you have to upgrade to 500 MHz."
"They have academic pricing which is helpful."
"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."
"Tecktronix pricing tends to be pretty fair and reasonable with current market trends. They don't usually bump up the price too much."
"Pricing could be lower. I would want to buy it for an extremely, low price, but Tektronix is a high-end product."
"The pricing is very expensive."
"They're all pretty expensive. If everything costs that much, I suppose the pricing is fair."
"The pricing is not too high and not too low."
"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."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Comms Service Provider
16%
Manufacturing Company
14%
University
9%
Educational Organization
6%
Manufacturing Company
15%
University
11%
Comms Service Provider
8%
Financial Services Firm
7%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
No data available
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 Siglent, Rohde & Schwarz, RIGOL Technologies and others in Oscilloscopes. Updated: July 2026.
908,834 professionals have used our research since 2012.