National Instruments (NI) Oscilloscopes vs Tektronix Oscilloscopes comparison

National Instruments and Tektronix are both solutions in the Oscilloscopes category. National Instruments is ranked #7, while Tektronix is ranked #3. National Instruments holds a 0.8% mindshare in O, compared to Tektronix’s 15.7% mindshare. Additionally, 92% of National Instruments users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 100% of Tektronix users who would recommend it.

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100% willing to recommend

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Executive Summary

We performed a comparison between National Instruments (NI) 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

National Instruments (NI) O...

Ranking in Oscilloscopes

7th

Average Rating

8.6

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 December 2024, in the Oscilloscopes category, the mindshare of National Instruments (NI) Oscilloscopes is 0.8%, down from 1.4% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Tektronix Oscilloscopes is 15.7%, down from 19.8% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

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SeniorEn6bfd

Senior Engineer at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees

The integrated lateral view makes it easier to develop your test systems and test software flow

The application space that this solution targets is 5G and high-speed systems. 5G is where we are developing some chips to test whether it prequalifies for a necessary requirement before we embed it into our box. Then, in high-speed systems, we're still figuring out how exactly we're going to test this out, but it should be also on prequalification. We are not using this product to support connected devices for IoT development nor are we planning to going forward. We are measuring millimeter wave signals. My colleague deals with the automation of the test systems. The user interface is okay.

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Curtis Jones

Teacher (emeritus) at San Jose State University

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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Pros

"It helps us to save on our investment with a lot of the stuff that we buy, as we can find defects quickly."

"It saves me a lot of time. You can click a button and walk away, basically doing a week's worth of work in 20 minutes, it's a pretty good time saver."

"It took us less than a week to get integrated into the solution, which is very fast."

"We haven't need technical support yet because all documentation is well done and there."

"The user interface is absolutely great. It creates an easy working environment because it has well-integrated hardware and software. So, it is easy to use."

"Most of the features are on the screen itself. The naming convention makes it very easy to understand what is needed."

"The learning curve was really fast, which was also the reason for saving a lot on the budget."

"It makes programming simpler."

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

"The user interface is good."

"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."

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

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

"Tektronix is robust and reliable. It's a hammer-resistant machine, a fact which is most important on our manufacturing floor."

"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."

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Cons

"I would like to see them increase the productivity and auxiliary functions."

"It took a good year until I felt proficient using the product, as It is a complex program. Their newest version has a less steep learning curve, but back closer to 15 years ago, it was a lot less user-friendly."

"There is a learning curve. It might take a year if you're not well-versed with it."

"I would like to have more RF. They're going that way, but still there is some work that they have to do."

"I would like to see more of a tasking user base and documentation inside the instrument itself, rather than having to go online for it."

"National Instruments needs to be focusing on its 5G RF applications. They are aware of this, and that's where most of their R&D is going."

"The software has room for improvement."

"I would like more speed and a reduction in size."

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"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."

"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."

"There was a learning curve, which was a little tricky at times. Getting used to the GUI took time because we had to learn the different features."

"They need to add more memory to this machine."

"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."

"I would like if they could have more customer support engagement."

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

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"It's reasonably priced for what we spend our money on in the lab. It's one of the lower-end purchases."

"The pricing was good. Compared to the others, it was very good."

"I have saved almost 50 percent of my total budget for a project by using their products."

"The cost of the equipment has room for improvement. The pricing could improve."

"The price is a little steep. A lot of people, like our customers, use a different machine because of the price. The price has to come down a bit so we can do other tests without paying the equipment's high costs."

"It's a bit expensive. However, you get the entire package, not just the box. It's a box which supports older releases."

"These products are a very low-cost, effective alternative to traditional Big Iron ATE hardware."

"They have an initial investment cost, which is quite high. But, along the way, there is so much behind it that the product is really invaluable."

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"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."

"The cost has room for improvement. Though compared to other companies, it's okay."

"The pricing is not too high and not too low."

"The pricing is very expensive."

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

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Legal Firm

26%

Manufacturing Company

14%

Healthcare Company

Computer Software Company

Manufacturing Company

18%

University

10%

Educational Organization

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Also Known As

NI Oscilloscopes

TBS Series, TDS Series, MDO Series, MSO Series

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Turning powerful possibilities into real solutions with our open, software-defined platform for automated test and automated measurement systems.

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.

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