M1 Waveform Tools vs LeCroy JTA/SDA

Here, we use product charting to compare M1 ($995-$11995), JTA2 ($2500) and LeCroy SDA (approx $18,000)...

• M1 Waveform Tools also supports Agilent, Tek and Yokogawa scopes.
• M1 Waveform Tools is LeCroy’s primary stand-alone jitter application.
• SDA is ~$4000 above WaveMaster, Eye-diagram mask tool adds ~$5000, advanced serial data analysis ~$9,000
• Some Rj/Dj capability is included. But it doesn’t do error calibration, does not calibrate instrument noise out, is not validated over a broad jitter space, and does not specify it’s typical error in detail as M1 OT does with its DPE too.
• Compliance tests are “extra” - $1000-$10,000 each.
• Debug – very limited compared to M1.
• Automation - No ability to automate sequences of measurements or add measurements. M1 has ScriptBuilder, a great graphical tool for doing this easily.
• Productivity – nope.
• Portfolio – no offline analysis or no client/server (M1 Reader), no LabView.
• Product philosophy things – No scalable pricing, proprietary, not portable,
   fine-grained á-la-carte-ing (i.e. you pay for the sugar), and it costs more to own because of these things.
• Software triggering?
• Summary vs M1 Waveform Tools: JTA/SDA costs more, does less