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Rohde & Schwarz Oscilloscopes vs Tektronix Oscilloscopes comparison

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Categories and Ranking

Rohde & Schwarz Oscilloscopes
Ranking in Oscilloscopes
1st
Average Rating
8.2
Number of Reviews
13
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Tektronix Oscilloscopes
Ranking in Oscilloscopes
3rd
Average Rating
8.4
Number of Reviews
23
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of October 2026, in the Oscilloscopes category, the mindshare of Rohde & Schwarz Oscilloscopes is 13.5%, up from 8.4% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Tektronix Oscilloscopes is 14.7%, down from 17.0% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Oscilloscopes Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Rohde & Schwarz Oscilloscopes13.5%
Tektronix Oscilloscopes14.7%
Other71.8%
Oscilloscopes
 

Featured Reviews

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.
HC
Sr Engineer at a tech company with 5,001-10,000 employees
B-scan is its most valuable feature. However, we are looking for an Intel platform with the newest chipset.
Try it if it is within your budget. It is a good product. The learning curve is very quick. It takes about one or two days. While we have plans to use this product to support connect devices, we are not currently doing so. We are currently measuring signals from 3.0 and 4.0, and looking for 5.0.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The most valuable features are the accuracy and repeatability."
"Since I spend quite some time in the lab, this product makes my life easier, results better, and speeds up my work."
"They are a top tier product, and we use it to guarantee our top tier product, which is why we purchased it."
"The noise sensitivity: It has a low noise floor."
"The instrument has a wide bandwidth, you can sweep across a wide range of frequencies, the resolution is good, and the accuracy is pretty good."
"With this machine, it's easier for us to debug or clarify where the noise source could be because of its accuracy."
"The noise floor for reference clocks is pretty low, so this instrument is able to measure it where others cannot."
"The user interface is pretty good. Right now, it is more than what we expected. It's easy and fast to use."
"Technical support is great."
"This solution provides high confidence in the data being presented in the measurement to inform a design decision going forward."
"Because it can detect both frequency and time domains simultaneously, if I want to check I send a command to the device and I can look at the frequency output."
"They provide a great partnership with us."
"It has digital scopes with a high bandwidth and digitized signal. It can do whatever you want with the signal. Since its user-friendly software allows you to work with the signal, which is pretty cool."
"For this introductory electrical engineering lab, it's pretty well-suited to my needs."
"It is a very capable instrument; it really does the job."
"The user interface is good."
 

Cons

"The size of the unit is too big, too heavy. It has to be made more portable and smaller."
"I paid too much for how much use I got out of it."
"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."
"In the next release, I would like to see report generation. It would make it a lot easier to refer back to and, when doing final testing, seeing what went on during the pre-test would help."
"Sometimes, it's difficult to find menus on the user interface."
"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 user interface of this solution is not that intuitive."
"User interface is okay. I would probably rate it a seven out of ten."
"I would like to see some WiFi capabilities. I would like to upgrade equipment, and if I was in the U.S., I could do that with WiFi capabilities."
"It needs one button and every time you push it, you get whatever you need."
"We would like more features for the CAN bus decoding, such as importing DDC files, which allows us to take the raw data and convert it into engineering units."
"The pricing is very expensive."
"There was a learning curve, which was a little tricky at times. Getting used to the GUI took time because we had to learn the different features."
"They ended up having to replace the front panel which contains the circuitry on all of those scopes. That was a little disappointing."
"There is room for improvement when it comes to the screen size. I don't really have a lot of complaints but screen size would be the biggest thing."
"I am not utilizing the full bandwidth of this product."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The pricing is very 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."
"The pricing is too high."
"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."
"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 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 way too expensive."
"Buying Rohde & Schwarz gear is like buying a Mercedes. It raises eyebrows when you're asking for that level of performance."
"We demoed the product before purchasing it."
"The pricing is very expensive."
"Tecktronix pricing tends to be pretty fair and reasonable with current market trends. They don't usually bump up the price too much."
"They have academic pricing which is helpful."
"It could always be cheaper."
"The prices are compatible with what they offer. Going forward, I would like them to become more competitive and dominant with their pricing in the market."
"It's cost-effective... It might cost a lot of money, but if we need it we buy it."
"In the 100 gigabit Ethernet and 400 gigabit Ethernet category, everything is in the multi-hundred thousand dollar range, so it was fair pricing because everything is expensive."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Manufacturing Company
15%
Government
11%
Outsourcing Company
10%
Comms Service Provider
9%
Manufacturing Company
15%
University
10%
Comms Service Provider
10%
Financial Services Firm
8%
 

Company Size

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Small Business
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Company SizeCount
Small Business5
Midsize Enterprise1
Large Enterprise6
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business2
Midsize Enterprise1
Large Enterprise19
 

Questions from the Community

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Also Known As

RT Series
TBS Series, TDS Series, MDO Series, MSO Series
 

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