Keysight Oscilloscopes vs Tektronix Oscilloscopes comparison

Keysight Technologies and Tektronix are both solutions in the Oscilloscopes category. Keysight Technologies is ranked #4, while Tektronix is ranked #3. Keysight Technologies holds a 12.6% mindshare in O, compared to Tektronix’s 16.2% mindshare. Additionally, 100% of Keysight Technologies users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 100% of Tektronix users who would recommend it.

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Executive Summary

We performed a comparison between Keysight Oscilloscopes and Tektronix Oscilloscopes based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

Find out in this report how the two Oscilloscopes solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI.

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Categories and Ranking

Keysight Oscilloscopes

Ranking in Oscilloscopes

4th

Average Rating

8.4

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Tektronix Oscilloscopes

Ranking in Oscilloscopes

3rd

Average Rating

8.4

Number of Reviews

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 Tektronix Oscilloscopes is 16.2%, down from 19.8% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

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Rockwell Hsu

Technical Leader at Cisco Systems, Inc.

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.

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Curtis Jones

Teacher (emeritus) at San Jose State University

Feb 26, 2019

High sampling rate enables it to clearly render the envelope

I wish we could turn off the automatic measurement feature of the oscilloscope, for teaching purposes. This probably sounds weird, but I think it important that students get familiar with the waveforms and actually count divisions. This gives a feel for how many digits are really significant, that noise can be part of signals, that it helps to increase the sensitivity to fill as much of the screen as possible and maybe notice artifacts. e.g. Students might be asked to measure frequency response of a circuit with a uA 741 op amp. If the signal level chosen is too high and students don't actually watch the waveform they may not realize the numbers come from the slew-rate limit and not the frequency response. I actually recognized the problem of the seductiveness of digital displays in another lab where students used a lock-in amplifier with both a digital display and a d'Arsonval meter. The voltage went through large changes in value, and students were happily writing down the numbers when the instrument was on a totally inappropriate range. So for the first electrical-engineering lab I think forcing the students to rely on measuring the waveform themselves and not relying on the scope to do it for them gets them started well.

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Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"Before silicon came back, our customers' performance was affected. Using these tools, we are able to deliver performance to our customers."

"The user interface is simple and straightforward, so I can easily measure frequency, time, and other complex measurements."

"The user interface is nice. It describes the output well, so it's easy to use."

"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."

"It can go up to a very high frequency, up to 120 gigahertz. And the user interface is really good. It's really easy to navigate."

"Its 4 port has true differential with quite a few de-embedding features. It goes up to 40 GHz with high performance."

"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."

"It's easier to automate and connect with multiple devices, and at the same time with laptops."

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"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."

"The user interface is good, not very complicated. It is very intuitive."

"The sensitivity of the trigger and the reliability are the most valuable features."

"I trust Tektronix for its accuracy. The probes of solution fit my application. E.g., the speed of probes, the way that it is using probes with designs, and the probes' size."

"It has a good user interface. It's easy to use, easy to read. It's intuitive."

"It takes 35 to 45 minutes to get acclimated to the solution."

"Time domain measurement is very accurate compared to other devices."

"The most valuable feature is the automation component in setting up some of these measurements."

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Cons

"They can improve, but I don't know how."

"I would like more accuracy, particularly for multiport measurements."

"Sometimes, it's quite hard to get the technical support to come onsite. If we run into a hardware, measurement, or software issue, we may have to wait a long time for them to come."

"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."

"I would like to see better post-processing data utility tools like a de-embedding."

"I would like be able to measure multi-lane simultaneously. Right now, the high-performance jitter solution measures one signal. I would like to capture many at the same time."

"The integration between different software and hardware panels could be improved. In the software, it's not as strong as the other solutions."

"The user interface can be buggy at times. But I'm an engineer, I figure out how to get around them pretty easily so that's not that much of a concern."

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"The ruggedness could be improved."

"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."

"We would like more features for the CAN bus decoding, such as importing DDC files, which allows us to take the raw data and convert it into engineering units."

"There are other devices out there which are more capable, offering more features, with as good quality tech support."

"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."

"I would like to see more integration into machine learning because that's what we try to apply it to."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"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."

"We are looking at $600,000 and it's obviously expensive, but compared to others, everybody is in the same ballpark."

"The price is affordable for us, but for smaller companies, probably not."

"The pricing is very expensive, but with leading technology, nothing is cheap."

"The pricing is very expensive."

"Pricing always is very expensive. There's no free lunch."

"While I don't have transparency on the pricing, it works within my budget."

"The major factor influencing the decision-makers is the price."

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"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."

"It's cost-effective... It might cost a lot of money, but if we need it we buy it."

"The pricing is very expensive."

"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."

"They have academic pricing which is helpful."

"It could always be cheaper."

"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

Manufacturing Company

18%

University

12%

Educational Organization

10%

Computer Software Company

Manufacturing Company

18%

University

12%

Educational Organization

10%

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Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

Comparisons

Siglent vs Keysight Oscilloscopes

Compared 24% of the time

RIGOL Oscilloscopes vs Keysight Oscilloscopes

Compared 16% of the time

Teledyne LeCroy Oscilloscopes vs Keysight Oscilloscopes

Compared 12% of the time

Rohde & Schwarz Oscilloscopes vs Keysight Oscilloscopes

Compared 11% of the time

Anritsu Oscilloscopes vs Keysight Oscilloscopes

Compared 2% of the time

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Siglent vs Tektronix Oscilloscopes

Compared 34% of the time

Teledyne LeCroy Oscilloscopes vs Tektronix Oscilloscopes

Compared 16% of the time

Rohde & Schwarz Oscilloscopes vs Tektronix Oscilloscopes

Compared 13% of the time

RIGOL Oscilloscopes vs Tektronix Oscilloscopes

Compared 8% of the time

Yokogawa Oscilloscopes vs Tektronix Oscilloscopes

Compared 3% of the time

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Also Known As

InfiniiVision Series, Infiniium Series

TBS Series, TDS Series, MDO Series, MSO Series

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Keysight Technologies

Tektronix

Overview

More engineers are switching to Keysight oscilloscopes because they help you:

Get your products to market faster with award-winning oscilloscopes that offer the fastest update rates, the deepest memory, the industry’s only capacitive touch screen, and the most oscilloscope software options.
Produce the highest-performing products with measurements you can trust thanks to oscilloscopes with industry-leading signal integrity and the largest selection of oscilloscope probes.
Achieve the lowest cost of ownership with multiple instruments in one mainframe and easy upgrades.
Get a compact instrument with zero compromise in functionality with the Keysight Streamline Series USB oscilloscopes.

8 out of 10 engineers around the world trust Tektronix to help them debug and test tomorrow's designs faster. With the broadest portfolio of digital oscilloscopes available, the richest set of product features, the most extensive analysis capability and our award-winning service and support, Tektronix has the right oscilloscope to meet your needs.

Sample Customers

Nokia Bell Labs

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