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Keysight Oscilloscopes vs RIGOL Oscilloscopes comparison

 

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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

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 September 2025, in the Oscilloscopes category, the mindshare of Keysight Oscilloscopes is 11.9%, down from 14.0% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of RIGOL Oscilloscopes is 21.6%, up from 21.0% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Oscilloscopes Market Share Distribution
ProductMarket Share (%)
RIGOL Oscilloscopes21.6%
Keysight Oscilloscopes11.9%
Other66.5%
Oscilloscopes
 

Featured Reviews

AC
The technical support ecosystem is what really makes it good.
Because they're such a big industry standard name, their products are standardized across many customers, which is why people own these products. 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. The user interface is top-notch in the industry.
JP
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's accurate, fast, has high bandwidth, and the PLTS is pretty convenient."
"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."
"Because they're such a big industry standard name, their products are standardized across many customers, which is why people own these products."
"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."
"The user interface is very simple. Everyone can use it."
"The user interface is very good, very graphical. It provides a lot of help in using and operating it."
"The Keysight Ecal feature has made it very easy for me to do calibrations."
"It has the highest bandwidth and resolution on the market."
"The most valuable feature would be the bandwidth."
 

Cons

"There is room for improvement in the upgradeability of the products. When we buy a platform, we would like that platform to survive two or three generations, because it is very expensive. If they could provide a more modular type of design, so if we want to upgrade one functionality then we could upgrade that module, rather than all the equipment, that would be helpful. That modularity is something we would like to see."
"We are using this product to support connected devices for IoT development, but we need more automation."
"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."
"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."
"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 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."
"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."
"They can improve, but I don't know how."
"I had to change the probes to higher frequency probes."
"The memory needs improvement."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"While I don't have transparency on the pricing, it works within my budget."
"Keysight is on the high side. If they could make the price lower without sacrificing the quality that would be great."
"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."
"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 is on the high side."
"Pricing always is very expensive. There's no free lunch."
"The cost is always a struggle. We always wish that we could do more for less."
"If we rented the product, it would be more affordable than buying new."
"For the 4-channel big display, you have to upgrade to 500 MHz."
"The pricing was good."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Manufacturing Company
17%
University
10%
Legal Firm
9%
Government
6%
Comms Service Provider
13%
Manufacturing Company
11%
Educational Organization
8%
University
7%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business5
Midsize Enterprise3
Large Enterprise18
No data available
 

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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