National Instruments (NI) Oscilloscopes pros and cons

Vendor: NI (National Instruments)

4.3 out of 5

10 reviews
92% willing to recommend

Leave a review

National Instruments (NI) Oscilloscopes Pros review quotes

SignalInc769

Signal Integrity Engineer at Huawei Technologies

Feb 4, 2019

I can automate a lot of testing very quickly. With just a push of a button, I can test hundreds of different scenarios without having to do all that manual testing myself.

Read full review

Applicat5b69

Applications Engineer at a manufacturing company with 51-200 employees

Feb 4, 2019

It took us less than a week to get integrated into the solution, which is very fast.

Read full review

SeniorEn6bfd

Senior Engineer at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees

Feb 3, 2019

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

Find out what your peers are saying about NI (National Instruments), Keysight Technologies, Tektronix and others in Oscilloscopes. Updated: August 2025.

DOWNLOAD NOW

865,164 professionals have used our research since 2012.

Armando Arenai

Senior Technical Officer at a tech services company with 1,001-5,000 employees

Feb 4, 2019

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

Read full review

TexInsd8d0

Test Engineer at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees

Feb 3, 2019

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

Read full review

Reviewer7d57

Works at a tech vendor

Feb 3, 2019

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

Read full review

Consulta79d2

Consultant at a pharma/biotech company with 1,001-5,000 employees

Feb 3, 2019

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

Read full review

Robert Mangayan

Supply Chain Manager at Cadence Design Systems

Feb 4, 2019

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.

Read full review

Fernando Gomez

Works at a manufacturing company with 11-50 employees

Feb 4, 2019

It makes programming simpler.

Read full review

Engineerbbf4

Signal and Power Integrity Engineer at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees

Feb 4, 2019

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

Read full review

National Instruments (NI) Oscilloscopes Cons review quotes

SignalInc769

Signal Integrity Engineer at Huawei Technologies

Feb 4, 2019

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.

Read full review

Applicat5b69

Applications Engineer at a manufacturing company with 51-200 employees

Feb 4, 2019

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.

Read full review

SeniorEn6bfd

Senior Engineer at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees

Feb 3, 2019

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

Find out what your peers are saying about NI (National Instruments), Keysight Technologies, Tektronix and others in Oscilloscopes. Updated: August 2025.

DOWNLOAD NOW

865,164 professionals have used our research since 2012.

Armando Arenai

Senior Technical Officer at a tech services company with 1,001-5,000 employees

Feb 4, 2019

I would like to have more RF. They're going that way, but still there is some work that they have to do.

Read full review

TexInsd8d0

Test Engineer at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees

Feb 3, 2019

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.

Read full review