Keysight Oscilloscopes vs National Instruments (NI) Oscilloscopes comparison

Keysight Technologies and NI (National Instruments) are both solutions in the Oscilloscopes category. Keysight Technologies is ranked #4, while NI (National Instruments) is ranked #7. Keysight Technologies holds a 13.8% mindshare in O, compared to NI (National Instruments)’s 2.3% mindshare. Additionally, 100% of Keysight Technologies users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 92% of NI (National Instruments) users who would recommend it.

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92% willing to recommend

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Executive Summary

We performed a comparison between Keysight Oscilloscopes and National Instruments (NI) Oscilloscopes based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

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Categories and Ranking

Keysight Oscilloscopes

Ranking in Oscilloscopes

4th

Average Rating

8.4

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

National Instruments (NI) O...

Ranking in Oscilloscopes

7th

Average Rating

8.6

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of January 2026, in the Oscilloscopes category, the mindshare of Keysight Oscilloscopes is 13.8%, up from 11.2% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of National Instruments (NI) Oscilloscopes is 2.3%, up from 0.8% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Oscilloscopes Market Share Distribution
Product	Market Share (%)
Keysight Oscilloscopes	13.8%
National Instruments (NI) Oscilloscopes	2.3%
Other	83.9%

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Amit Chowdhry

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.

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Armando Arenai

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.

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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 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."

"Because they're such a big industry standard name, their products are standardized across many customers, which is why people own these products."

"Their software and hardware are integrated, so we don't have to spend a lot of time processing the data."

"The Keysight Ecal feature has made it very easy for me to do calibrations."

"It's accurate, fast, has high bandwidth, and the PLTS is pretty convenient."

"The user interface is very user-friendly. You can use a lot of functions in their scope and will provide them for you. You can update the scope's software by asking Keysight to update the software when you want."

"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."

"It breaks down all the parameters that we need to look at."

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

"The user interface is very good. Their boards are reliable. We buy boards from them, they are reliable, and we don't have problems with them."

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

"It makes programming simpler."

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

"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."

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

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Cons

"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."

"I would like more customized functions, so we can do the programming and definitions ourselves. There is an automation flow to capture this signal, and we would like to do this ourselves."

"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."

"The user interface is not that good. It's not very intuitive. It's functional, but it's not designed for ease of operation. It's designed for functionality."

"Their GUI is not the best. They need to improve on that. I think their software team needs to put in a little bit more work on how they are presenting the application on the scope."

"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."

"The user interface has a load of features that come with it, which is why it is an eight out of ten."

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"The software has room for improvement."

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

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

"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."

"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 takes one to two months to get acclimated to the tool."

"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."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"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."

"It's very expensive because this type of equipment is not so common. For a company buying it, this is a big investment."

"Keysight is on the high side. If they could make the price lower without sacrificing the quality that would be great."

"It's expensive, but the quality matters."

"It's very expensive."

"It would be good if it were a little bit cheaper, of course."

"The pricing is very expensive."

"The price is affordable for us, but for smaller companies, probably not."

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"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."

"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."

"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."

"I would like more competitive pricing."

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

"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."

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Top Industries

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Manufacturing Company

15%

Retailer

Legal Firm

University

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Company Size

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Large Enterprise

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Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	5
Midsize Enterprise	3
Large Enterprise	18

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Company Size	Count
Small Business	3
Large Enterprise	7

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Also Known As

InfiniiVision Series, Infiniium Series

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Overview

More engineers are switching to Keysight oscilloscopes because they help you:

Get your products to market faster with award-winning oscilloscopes that offer the fastest update rates, the deepest memory, the industry’s only capacitive touch screen, and the most oscilloscope software options.
Produce the highest-performing products with measurements you can trust thanks to oscilloscopes with industry-leading signal integrity and the largest selection of oscilloscope probes.
Achieve the lowest cost of ownership with multiple instruments in one mainframe and easy upgrades.
Get a compact instrument with zero compromise in functionality with the Keysight Streamline Series USB oscilloscopes.

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

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