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We performed a comparison between Keysight Oscilloscopes and Rohde & Schwarz Oscilloscopes based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

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Pros
"It has the highest bandwidth and resolution on the market.""While it depends on the field, the learning curve is usually really quick.""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.""It breaks down all the parameters that we need to look at.""Before silicon came back, our customers' performance was affected. Using these tools, we are able to deliver performance to our customers.""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's a one-stop solution. It does everything we need. The combined functionality is the biggest benefit.""The user interface is nice. It describes the output well, so it's easy to use."

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"The most valuable features are the accuracy and repeatability.""The noise floor for reference clocks is pretty low, so this instrument is able to measure it where others cannot.""The noise sensitivity: It has a low noise floor.""It has a very low noise floor.""The user interface is pretty good. Right now, it is more than what we expected. It's easy and fast to use.""The product is quite reliable and straightforward to use. Typically, there are no households that we have to set up.""Most of the features offered are free, like serial data analyzers or jitter measurements.""The instrument has a wide bandwidth. You can sweep across a wide range of frequencies."

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Cons
"I would like more accuracy, particularly for multiport measurements.""The user interface has a load of features that come with it, which is why it is an eight out of ten.""I would like to see better post-processing data utility tools like a de-embedding.""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.""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.""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.""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.""Everybody is looking for more automation support, so that if they can incorporate more protocols. It makes it easier."

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"We would like to have autotracking and auto error tracking for regression testing. We would like to know what error happened, when it happened, and during what scenario (such as setup), because right now we have to manually look at when it happened.""The Rohde & Schwarz user interface is very oriented towards drop and drag functions on the screen. Some of those are just not obvious how to use. You have to have somebody get you over the hump.""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 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.""Sometimes, it's difficult to find menus on the user interface.""There was a learning curve. Their use interface and the way that their products work are not intuitive to somebody who switches from other vendors.""The user interface could be improved, e.g., the documentation on the menus. I have to open a separate document to figure out the functionality sometimes.""The size of the unit is too big, too heavy. It has to be made more portable and smaller."

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Pricing and Cost Advice
  • "The major factor influencing the decision-makers is the price."
  • "The pricing is good for what they offer."
  • "If we rented the product, it would be more affordable than buying new."
  • "The pricing is on the high side."
  • "It's very expensive because this type of equipment is not so common. For a company buying it, this is a big investment."
  • "It would be good if it were a little bit cheaper, of course."
  • "We are looking at $600,000 and it's obviously expensive, but compared to others, everybody is in the same ballpark."
  • "The cost is always a struggle. We always wish that we could do more for less."
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  • "The pricing is very competitive."
  • "The pricing is way too expensive."
  • "The pricing is too high."
  • "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."
  • "Buying Rohde & Schwarz gear is like buying a Mercedes. It raises eyebrows when you're asking for that level of performance."
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    Buyer's Guide
    Oscilloscopes
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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.

    Oscilloscope innovation that delivers measurement confidence. Excellent signal fidelity, high acquisition rate, an innovative trigger system and a clever user interface - that’s what you get with Rohde & Schwarz, a leading manufacturer of oscilloscopes. Match your needs with the right oscilloscope platform, probing options and software applications. From general purpose test to solutions for specific industry standards, we have you covered.

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    REVIEWERS
    Manufacturing Company92%
    Pharma/Biotech Company8%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Manufacturing Company18%
    University13%
    Educational Organization10%
    Computer Software Company7%
    REVIEWERS
    Manufacturing Company38%
    Marketing Services Firm25%
    Wholesaler/Distributor13%
    Healthcare Company13%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Manufacturing Company19%
    University10%
    Educational Organization9%
    Government8%
    Company Size
    REVIEWERS
    Small Business19%
    Midsize Enterprise12%
    Large Enterprise69%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business23%
    Midsize Enterprise10%
    Large Enterprise67%
    REVIEWERS
    Small Business36%
    Midsize Enterprise9%
    Large Enterprise55%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business23%
    Midsize Enterprise9%
    Large Enterprise67%
    Buyer's Guide
    Oscilloscopes
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    Keysight Oscilloscopes is ranked 3rd in Oscilloscopes while Rohde & Schwarz Oscilloscopes is ranked 5th in Oscilloscopes. Keysight Oscilloscopes is rated 8.4, while Rohde & Schwarz Oscilloscopes is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Keysight Oscilloscopes writes "We are able to easily record and save our test setup". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Rohde & Schwarz Oscilloscopes writes "The ability to have both the time domain and frequency domain, where the frequency domain is a very broad spectral plot, is extremely valuable". Keysight Oscilloscopes is most compared with Tektronix Oscilloscopes, Siglent, RIGOL Oscilloscopes, Teledyne LeCroy Oscilloscopes and Anritsu Oscilloscopes, whereas Rohde & Schwarz Oscilloscopes is most compared with Tektronix Oscilloscopes, Siglent, RIGOL Oscilloscopes, Teledyne LeCroy Oscilloscopes and Anritsu Oscilloscopes.

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