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 0.9% mindshare in O, compared to Tektronix’s 16.2% 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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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 November 2024, in the Oscilloscopes category, the mindshare of National Instruments (NI) Oscilloscopes is 0.9%, down from 1.4% 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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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 makes programming simpler."

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

"Because their view is a graphical user interface (GUI), it's very easy to program the tool."

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

"I can automate a lot of testing very quickly. With just a push of a button, I can test hundreds of different scenarios without having to do all that manual testing myself."

"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."

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

"The user interface is very good, easy to understand, and easy to operate."

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"This solution provides high confidence in the data being presented in the measurement to inform a design decision going forward."

"When I was looking for a scope for that lab, that five subdivisions per division was important."

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

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

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

"The most valuable features are its ease of use, user interface, and PAM-4. The user interface is good and easy to use."

"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 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."

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Cons

"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."

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

"There is a learning curve. It takes one to two months to get acclimated to the tool."

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

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

"The software has room for improvement."

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

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"I wish we could turn off the automatic measurement feature of the oscilloscope, for teaching purposes."

"On the source side, their AWGs don't have enough bandwidth. They need to increase the bandwidth of their AWGs, meaning they have to have a faster sample rate."

"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."

"It needs one button and every time you push it, you get whatever you need."

"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."

"If you are dealing with time domain measurement, I strongly recommend using a vendor other than this company."

"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."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

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

"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."

"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."

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

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

"I would like more competitive pricing."

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

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"The pricing is very expensive."

"The pricing is okay. It was within our budget."

"It is a great price for a great product."

"I would like to see a lower price."

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

"Pricing could be lower. I would want to buy it for an extremely, low price, but Tektronix is a high-end product."

"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."

"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

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Manufacturing Company

19%

Healthcare Company

Financial Services Firm

Computer Software Company

Manufacturing Company

19%

University

12%

Educational Organization

10%

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Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

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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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