National Instruments (NI) Oscilloscopes vs Teledyne LeCroy Oscilloscopes comparison

National Instruments and Teledyne LeCroy are both solutions in the Oscilloscopes category. National Instruments is ranked #8, while Teledyne LeCroy is ranked #5. National Instruments holds a 0.9% mindshare in O, compared to Teledyne LeCroy’s 7.6% mindshare. Additionally, 92% of National Instruments users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 100% of Teledyne LeCroy users who would recommend it.

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100% willing to recommend

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Executive Summary

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

Find out in this report how the two Oscilloscopes solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI.

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National Instruments (NI) Oscilloscopes vs. Teledyne LeCroy Oscilloscopes

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Categories and Ranking

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Ranking in Oscilloscopes

8th

Average Rating

8.6

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Teledyne LeCroy Oscilloscopes

Ranking in Oscilloscopes

5th

Average Rating

8.0

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of June 2025, in the Oscilloscopes category, the mindshare of National Instruments (NI) Oscilloscopes is 0.9%, down from 1.2% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Teledyne LeCroy Oscilloscopes is 7.6%, down from 8.8% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

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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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Engineerc98d

Engineer at Cisco Systems, Inc.

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…

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Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"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."

"It helps us to save on our investment with a lot of the stuff that we buy, as we can find defects quickly."

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

"It saves me a lot of time. You can click a button and walk away, basically doing a week's worth of work in 20 minutes, it's a pretty good time saver."

"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."

"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."

"The learning curve was really fast, which was also the reason for saving a lot on the budget."

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"The most valuable feature is the embedded protocol analysis."

"We are able to capture the transient domain accurately. There are some technical features where you can do FFT."

"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."

"Checking how many errors were on the channel by using the protocol analyzer has helped me to improve my design on PCIe PETracers."

"We heavily use it to validate the design assumption. In many cases, it was able to point out things that were not available to us in simulation."

Cons

"There is a learning curve. It takes one to two months to get acclimated to the tool."

"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."

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

"I would like to see them increase the productivity and auxiliary functions."

"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."

"The software has room for improvement."

More National Instruments (NI) Oscilloscopes cons

"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."

"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 more technical details on what each packet represents and more information on the flow."

"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."

"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."

Pricing and Cost Advice

"I would like more competitive pricing."

"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."

"The pricing was good. Compared to the others, it was very good."

"It's reasonably priced for what we spend our money on in the lab. It's one of the lower-end purchases."

"I have saved almost 50 percent of my total budget for a project by using their products."

"The cost of the equipment has room for improvement. The pricing could improve."

"These products are a very low-cost, effective alternative to traditional Big Iron ATE hardware."

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"They're fairly competitive for pricing across the industry."

"The bandwidth is pretty expensive on these instruments, so we typically use it all."

"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."

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Teledyne LeCroy's oscilloscopes offer a powerful combination of large and informative displays combined with advanced waveshape analysis capabilities - typically tailored to enhance the productivity of engineers in specific applications areas such as serial data test, disk drive test and automotive bus analysis.

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