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Tektronix Oscilloscopes vs Teledyne LeCroy Oscilloscopes comparison

 

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Executive Summary

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 July 2026, in the Oscilloscopes category, the mindshare of Tektronix Oscilloscopes is 16.2%, up from 16.0% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Teledyne LeCroy Oscilloscopes is 8.5%, up from 7.9% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Oscilloscopes Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Tektronix Oscilloscopes16.2%
Teledyne LeCroy Oscilloscopes8.5%
Other75.3%
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

"The most valuable features are its ease of use, user interface, and PAM-4. The user interface is good and easy to use."
"Valuable features include that it's multi-channel... and has bandwidth filtering. The user interface is good."
"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."
"It is a very capable instrument; it really does the job."
"Technical support is great."
"They provide a great partnership with us."
"Time domain measurement is very accurate compared to other devices."
"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."
"By pre-qualifying test devices with the tool, we're able to go back and make design changes before committing to silicon."
"Checking how many errors were on the channel by using the protocol analyzer has helped me to improve my design on PCIe PETracers."
"The most valuable feature is the Protocol Analyzer for protocol testing, and the user interface is good, neat, intuitive, and easy to use."
"The most valuable feature is the embedded protocol analysis."
"We heavily use it to validate the design assumption, and in many cases, it was able to point out things that were not available to us in simulation."
"We are able to capture the transient domain accurately. There are some technical features where you can do FFT."
"I would totally recommend this product."
"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."
 

Cons

"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."
"In terms of room for improvement, it's a powerful scope. But, the power of the computer inside is weak."
"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."
"The pricing is very expensive."
"I wish we could turn off the automatic measurement feature of the oscilloscope, for teaching purposes."
"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."
"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 would like them to add more post processing capabilities (e.g., with new product specifications)."
"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."
"I would like more technical details on what each packet represents and more information on the flow."
"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."
"Since we do a lot of post processing when we download our waveforms to our computers, we need more post processing capabilities."
"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."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"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 prices are compatible with what they offer. Going forward, I would like them to become more competitive and dominant with their pricing in the market."
"The pricing is not too high and not too low."
"It's cost-effective... It might cost a lot of money, but if we need it we buy it."
"The pricing is okay. It was within our budget."
"Pricing could be lower. I would want to buy it for an extremely, low price, but Tektronix is a high-end product."
"The cost has room for improvement. Though compared to other companies, it's okay."
"I would like to see a lower price."
"They're fairly competitive for pricing across the industry."
"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."
"The bandwidth is pretty expensive on these instruments, so we typically use it all."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Manufacturing Company
14%
University
11%
Comms Service Provider
8%
Educational Organization
8%
Manufacturing Company
17%
University
11%
Comms Service Provider
7%
Educational Organization
7%
 

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

Find out what your peers are saying about Tektronix Oscilloscopes vs. Teledyne LeCroy Oscilloscopes and other solutions. Updated: June 2026.
903,257 professionals have used our research since 2012.