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Tektronix Oscilloscopes vs Teledyne LeCroy Oscilloscopes comparison

 

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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

Tektronix Oscilloscopes
Ranking in Oscilloscopes
3rd
Average Rating
8.4
Number of Reviews
23
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Teledyne LeCroy Oscilloscopes
Ranking in Oscilloscopes
6th
Average Rating
8.0
Number of Reviews
5
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of January 2026, in the Oscilloscopes category, the mindshare of Tektronix Oscilloscopes is 18.0%, up from 15.4% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Teledyne LeCroy Oscilloscopes is 9.5%, up from 7.3% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Oscilloscopes Market Share Distribution
ProductMarket Share (%)
Tektronix Oscilloscopes18.0%
Teledyne LeCroy Oscilloscopes9.5%
Other72.5%
Oscilloscopes
 

Featured Reviews

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.
Engineerc98d - PeerSpot reviewer
Engineer at a tech company with 51-200 employees
It has helped me to improve my design on PCIe PETracers, but I need more technical details on what each packet represents
We are using it for debugging PCIe PETracers. We are using it to measure PCI Express signals. We are using it to support connect devices in enterprise products Checking how many errors were on the channel by using the protocol analyzer has helped me to improve my design on PCIe PETracers. The…

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"B-scan is its most valuable feature."
"It provides you the best way to view information without opening multiple applications, like a single solution."
"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."
"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 Tektronix user interface is like an Apple iPhone, but for oscilloscopes. It is simple to use."
"I haven't seen anything similar where it has a spectrum analyzer and regular scope together."
"It is easy to handle, so everyone likes to use it."
"The most valuable feature is the automation component in setting up some of these measurements."
"The most valuable feature is the embedded protocol analysis."
"It has a nice high-resolution screen. It is easy to set up the scope triggers, has a lot of scope trigger options for capturing waveforms, and seamlessly goes into the spectrum analysis mode."
"We are able to capture the transient domain accurately. There are some technical features where you can do FFT."
"We heavily use it to validate the design assumption. In many cases, it was able to point out things that were not available to us in simulation."
"Checking how many errors were on the channel by using the protocol analyzer has helped me to improve my design on PCIe PETracers."
 

Cons

"I would like to see more integration into machine learning because that's what we try to apply it to."
"I know you can get the Bit Masks but it's generally really expensive to get the eye diagrams and Bit Masks with it. I wish they were included or cheaper."
"We are looking for an Intel platform with the newest chipset."
"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."
"I use microservices, but you cannot really probe it, since the technology is not really there."
"If you are dealing with time domain measurement, I strongly recommend using a vendor other than this company."
"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."
"I would like them to be current with the latest standards. So, as soon as a new standard comes in, ensure that it gets rolled into the existing software."
"I would like more technical details on what each packet represents and more information on the flow."
"Since we do a lot of post processing when we download our waveforms to our computers, we need more post processing capabilities."
"The interconnect methods to the device are a little limited right now. I'd like to see other ways of being able to connect to the device."
"They could always work on the software stability of the products, particularly now that everything has switched over to a Windows-based interface. It creates a lot of crashes and bugs, which typically is a problem among all instruments."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"It could always be cheaper."
"I would like to see a lower price."
"Pricing could be lower. I would want to buy it for an extremely, low price, but Tektronix is a high-end product."
"We demoed the product before purchasing it."
"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."
"The pricing is okay. It was within our budget."
"It's cost-effective... It might cost a lot of money, but if we need it we buy it."
"It costs a quarter of a million. This technology is not cheap."
"The bandwidth is pretty expensive on these instruments, so we typically use it all."
"I would like them to include a lot of the add-on options as part of the package. Typically, we start in at a price, and by the time we add up all the options that we need which are available, we are at double or triple the original price."
"They're fairly competitive for pricing across the industry."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Manufacturing Company
14%
University
13%
Educational Organization
8%
Comms Service Provider
7%
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Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business2
Midsize Enterprise1
Large Enterprise19
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business1
Midsize Enterprise2
Large Enterprise4
 

Also Known As

TBS Series, TDS Series, MDO Series, MSO Series
WaveSurfer Series, HDO Series
 

Overview

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