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Keysight Oscilloscopes vs National Instruments (NI) Oscilloscopes comparison

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Categories and Ranking

Keysight Oscilloscopes
Ranking in Oscilloscopes
3rd
Average Rating
8.4
Number of Reviews
23
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
National Instruments (NI) O...
Ranking in Oscilloscopes
7th
Average Rating
8.6
Number of Reviews
10
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of November 2026, in the Oscilloscopes category, the mindshare of Keysight Oscilloscopes is 15.3%, up from 12.7% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of National Instruments (NI) Oscilloscopes is 5.3%, up from 1.4% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Oscilloscopes Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Keysight Oscilloscopes15.3%
National Instruments (NI) Oscilloscopes5.3%
Other79.4%
Oscilloscopes
 

Featured Reviews

AC
Principal at a tech services company with 1-10 employees
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.
AA
Senior Technical Officer at a tech services company with 1,001-5,000 employees
I have saved almost 50 percent of my total budget for a project by using their products
The use of this solution does require a specific mindset. Some people are not tailored for it. Try it. The learning curve is really fast, so it's easy to use. We are measuring RF signals, one-sided analog signals, and control loops for system controls. We are not using this product to support connected devices nor are we planning to going forward.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"It's easier to automate and connect with multiple devices, and at the same time with laptops."
"It has the highest bandwidth and resolution on the market."
"The most valuable features are its quality and reliability... The good thing about the GUI interface which is, of course, software-based, is that you can record and save your test setup."
"I use the serial decoder for the serial interfaces, which helps me debug my product quickly."
"The user interface is simple and straightforward, so I can easily measure frequency, time, and other complex measurements."
"It's a one-stop solution. It does everything we need. The combined functionality is the biggest benefit."
"While it depends on the field, the learning curve is usually really quick."
"The user interface is nice. It describes the output well, so it's easy to use."
"I chose this solution because it integrates a lot of functionality in one piece of equipment."
"It speeds up the process to develop test software."
"Most of the features are on the screen itself. The naming convention makes it very easy to understand what is needed."
"It makes programming simpler."
"The learning curve was really fast, which was also the reason for saving a lot on the budget."
"The user interface is very good, easy to understand, and easy to operate."
"It helps us to save on our investment with a lot of the stuff that we buy, as we can find defects quickly."
"Because their view is a graphical user interface (GUI), it's very easy to program the tool."
 

Cons

"I would like them to build in more high-speed functions, such as FEC or PCIe, built into the array. PERT to be built-in for more specific product call. These would make our lives much easier."
"I would like to see better post-processing data utility tools like a de-embedding."
"In terms of additional capabilities, I would like to see more touchscreen and a larger screen. That would help."
"It's very expensive because this type of equipment is not so common."
"Every component has a manufacturing tolerance. I hope Keysight software can help with the tolerance loss in manufacturing variance, which can be ten percent or five percent. In the real world, we cannot fire a really perfect test with very smooth impedance. I would like to see Keysight provide a solution to solve the issue of loss of manufacturing variance."
"We are using this product to support connected devices for IoT development, but we need more automation."
"There is a learning curve depends on the client that I am working with. E.g., if I'm working with a client, and they have a test and measurement equipment company, when I go to another company, the new company may not be using the same model."
"We tried to connect multiple computers with a KVM switch but we could not do that using Keysight VNA. Keysight VNA comes with the PC inside it. We have other equipment as well, and we tried to combine it so that we had one monitor to control everything. With Keysight we could not do it. That's something of an inconvenience."
"I would like more speed and a reduction in size."
"The price is a little steep."
"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."
"The software has room for improvement."
"There is a learning curve. It takes one to two months to get acclimated to the tool."
"I would like more competitive pricing."
"There is a learning curve. It might take a year if you're not well-versed with it."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"It's expensive, but the quality matters."
"The pricing is very expensive, but with leading technology, nothing is cheap."
"We are looking at $600,000 and it's obviously expensive, but compared to others, everybody is in the same ballpark."
"If we rented the product, it would be more affordable than buying new."
"While I don't have transparency on the pricing, it works within my budget."
"The major factor influencing the decision-makers is the price."
"Keysight is on the high side. If they could make the price lower without sacrificing the quality that would be great."
"The pricing is good for what they offer."
"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."
"It's a bit expensive. However, you get the entire package, not just the box. It's a box which supports older releases."
"I would like more competitive pricing."
"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."
"The pricing was good. Compared to the others, it was very good."
"These products are a very low-cost, effective alternative to traditional Big Iron ATE hardware."
"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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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Manufacturing Company
14%
Retailer
11%
Outsourcing Company
8%
Legal Firm
7%
Legal Firm
25%
Construction Company
10%
Comms Service Provider
10%
Manufacturing Company
10%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business5
Midsize Enterprise3
Large Enterprise18
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business3
Large Enterprise7
 

Also Known As

InfiniiVision Series, Infiniium Series
NI Oscilloscopes
 

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Sample Customers

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