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Keysight Oscilloscopes vs RIGOL Oscilloscopes comparison

 

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Categories and Ranking

Keysight Oscilloscopes
Ranking in Oscilloscopes
4th
Average Rating
8.4
Number of Reviews
23
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
RIGOL Oscilloscopes
Ranking in Oscilloscopes
2nd
Average Rating
8.0
Number of Reviews
1
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of November 2024, in the Oscilloscopes category, the mindshare of Keysight Oscilloscopes is 12.6%, down from 19.3% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of RIGOL Oscilloscopes is 23.2%, up from 17.0% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Oscilloscopes
 

Featured Reviews

RH
Feb 3, 2019
We are able to easily record and save our test setup
The most valuable features are its quality and reliability. The type of instrument they make is pretty much the industry standard and trustworthy. They align R&D and design their equipment well, including post-processing stuff. The user interface is getting better due to a lot of feedback from users. With testing getting more complicated these days, you have to go through a lot of different drop-down menus and then go through a lot of steps. It's hard to say there is an easy solution, but of course, from the user's point of view, we would like to have something as simple as possible. The good thing about the GUI interface which is, of course, software-based, is that you can record and save your test setup very easily.
JP
Feb 4, 2019
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…

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"It does everything that I need it to with the PLTS software and the network analyzer software."
"The product's functionality makes things easier for my partner, who is doing the PCIe design. He is able measure the product's usage and bit error rate."
"It breaks down all the parameters that we need to look at."
"The user interface is simple and straightforward, so I can easily measure frequency, time, and other complex measurements."
"It has the highest bandwidth and resolution on the market."
"The user interface is very user-friendly. You can use a lot of functions in their scope and will provide them for you. You can update the scope's software by asking Keysight to update the software when you want."
"It's easier to automate and connect with multiple devices, and at the same time with laptops."
"Because they're such a big industry standard name, their products are standardized across many customers, which is why people own these products."
"The most valuable feature would be the bandwidth."
 

Cons

"I would like to see better post-processing data utility tools like a de-embedding."
"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."
"The integration between different software and hardware panels could be improved. In the software, it's not as strong as the other solutions."
"I would also like to see a more detailed change-notice from version to version, what changed. If they had a more detailed description of what is changing and the reason for it, rather than just releasing, that would be good for us so we know whether or not to upgrade."
"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."
"Every component has a manufacturing tolerance. I hope Keysight software can help with the tolerance loss in manufacturing variance, which can be ten percent or five percent. In the real world, we cannot fire a really perfect test with very smooth impedance. I would like to see Keysight provide a solution to solve the issue of loss of manufacturing variance."
"The user interface has a load of features that come with it, which is why it is an eight out of ten."
"While the user interface is good with respect to instrumentation, but with respect to documentation, I do not like it. Its documentation is slightly bad. It was not organized properly. The way it's organized is very difficult to understand, so it takes lot of time to search for one thing in particular."
"I had to change the probes to higher frequency probes."
"The memory needs improvement."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The pricing is good for what they offer."
"The pricing is always high."
"If we rented the product, it would be more affordable than buying new."
"We are looking at $600,000 and it's obviously expensive, but compared to others, everybody is in the same ballpark."
"It's very expensive because this type of equipment is not so common. For a company buying it, this is a big investment."
"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."
"It's expensive, but the quality matters."
"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."
"The pricing was good."
"For the 4-channel big display, you have to upgrade to 500 MHz."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Manufacturing Company
18%
University
12%
Educational Organization
10%
Computer Software Company
7%
Manufacturing Company
12%
Comms Service Provider
10%
Educational Organization
9%
University
8%
 

Company Size

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Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
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Also Known As

InfiniiVision Series, Infiniium Series
7000 Series, MSO5000 Series, 1000Z Series, DS6000 Series, 4000 Series, 2000 Series
 

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Sample Customers

Nokia Bell Labs
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