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Keysight Oscilloscopes vs Rohde & Schwarz Oscilloscopes comparison

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Categories and Ranking

Keysight Oscilloscopes
Ranking in Oscilloscopes
5th
Average Rating
8.4
Number of Reviews
23
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Rohde & Schwarz Oscilloscopes
Ranking in Oscilloscopes
1st
Average Rating
8.2
Number of Reviews
13
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of September 2026, in the Oscilloscopes category, the mindshare of Keysight Oscilloscopes is 15.1%, up from 11.9% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Rohde & Schwarz Oscilloscopes is 13.0%, up from 7.9% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Oscilloscopes Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Rohde & Schwarz Oscilloscopes13.0%
Keysight Oscilloscopes15.1%
Other71.9%
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.
SH
Works at Harrison Laboratories Inc
Designing audio circuits has benefited from rich measurements but reliability still needs improvement
A quick specific example of an electronic design task where I used Rohde & Schwarz Oscilloscopes is a digital amplifier. I found the basics for my needs to be met by Rohde & Schwarz Oscilloscopes, but it did have a nice large display. I liked the large display. It was reasonably intuitive for all that it did. I liked the fact that it had 16 extra digital inputs on the side that you could clip on to, so it had plenty of channels. It probably helped with specific tasks or saved me time due to the fact it had data recording. I could record data for a period of time. It had a long memory for a particular waveform.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"When it comes to grabbing precise technical data, having an ecosystem of logging it correctly and working with the diagnostics, they are probably the industry leaders in the field."
"The user interface is nice. It describes the output well, so it's easy to use."
"Before silicon came back, our customers' performance was affected. Using these tools, we are able to deliver performance to our customers."
"It improves the functionality of our products and the products that I design, and I use it for characterization every day, and it directly helps."
"The Keysight Ecal feature has made it very easy for me to do calibrations."
"The user interface is simple and straightforward, so I can easily measure frequency, time, and other complex measurements."
"Its versatility and accuracy are the most valuable features."
"Because they're such a big industry standard name, their products are standardized across many customers, which is why people own these products."
"The noise sensitivity: It has a low noise floor."
"It is easy to connect with, accurate, reliable, and hardly fails."
"It is a more efficient, easier way to do measurements."
"They are a top tier product, and we use it to guarantee our top tier product, which is why we purchased it."
"The most valuable features are the accuracy and repeatability."
"I have been able to do quality measurements that I have been unable to achieve with the equipment from some other vendors."
"The product is quite reliable and straightforward to use. Typically, there are no households that we have to set up."
"The most valuable features are its wide bandwidth and 8 ports."
 

Cons

"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."
"The technical support is okay, but sometimes they are on a different page than us. If it is something wrong with the scope, they are okay. However, if something technical goes wrong, like the calibration, it is hard to get the information that we need because it is hard to share everything and explain all the measurements in real-time."
"They have some software applications but their GUI is not the best. The user interface is clunky at times."
"Some of the models have only two ports. It takes much longer to use a two-port. If they had a four-port, it would be much better."
"The integration between different software and hardware panels could be improved. In the software, it's not as strong as the other solutions."
"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."
"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."
"The user interface has a load of features that come with it, which is why it is an eight out of ten."
"The pricing is too high."
"I'm against the Windows-based tools. Now everybody is running scopes, VNAs, and all their tools based on Windows. I don't want to see that in the future."
"The size of the unit is too big, too heavy. It has to be made more portable and smaller."
"The user interface of this solution is not that intuitive."
"They could use an RDA interface."
"It would be good if they would try to automate most things because it has more pressing buttons and repetitive work. If there were automation scripts that they could provide, that would improve things."
"The depth the the user GUI could be improved. It is a bit deep for new users. During the first two weeks we spent a lot of time finding the tabs."
"There was a learning curve. Their user interface and the way that their products work are not intuitive to somebody who switches from other vendors, like Keysight or LeCroy."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"It would be good if it were a little bit cheaper, of course."
"The pricing is always high."
"The cost is always a struggle. We always wish that we could do more for less."
"It's very expensive."
"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."
"If we rented the product, it would be more affordable than buying new."
"The pricing is very expensive, but with leading technology, nothing is cheap."
"The pricing is on the high side."
"One of the things I liked less, not only me but also my company, was that Rohde & Schwarz are very expensive... There are solutions that are almost the same that sell at better prices."
"The pricing is very expensive."
"If we are looking to purchase a product, we ask for a loaner for a month or so to test it out. Then, we will make a decision."
"The pricing is expensive, but very fair when you look at the technology that you are getting. These are higher-end pieces which have a ton of engineering in them that is not evident on the package. However, you could imagine the amount of time that the vendor has spent on the firmware, optimizing the internal layout, developing custom ICs, etc. They're releasing a mass produced product, but these things are built to last."
"The pricing is very competitive."
"The pricing is too high."
"The pricing is way too expensive."
"When we chose this, the price was really reasonable, and it is a high-end product. It had a high price, but we understood that because it has 8 port, the same noise floor (as the competition) with double the measurement capabilities and a cheaper price."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Retailer
11%
Manufacturing Company
11%
Outsourcing Company
9%
Healthcare Company
8%
Manufacturing Company
16%
Government
10%
Outsourcing Company
10%
Comms Service Provider
9%
 

Company Size

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Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business5
Midsize Enterprise3
Large Enterprise18
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business5
Midsize Enterprise1
Large Enterprise6
 

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Based on my experience, I would improve Rohde & Schwarz Oscilloscopes by enhancing customer service. I would like to add more about the needed improvements regarding reliability, from at least ...
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My main use case for Rohde & Schwarz Oscilloscopes is electronic design work. A quick specific example of an electronic design task where I used Rohde & Schwarz Oscilloscopes is a digital a...
 

Also Known As

InfiniiVision Series, Infiniium Series
RT Series
 

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