Best Stainless Steel Pod Machines
The best stainless steel pod machines, ranked by our review scores. The only finish that looks the same in ten years: it does not yellow, fade or chalk. What it does do is show fingerprints and, in hard water, spots - and brushed and polished behave completely differently there, with polished collecting marks hourly and brushed forgiving them. The word is also used loosely. On cheaper machines "stainless steel" often describes a trim panel or a steel-look wrap over plastic rather than a steel body, so it is worth reading which part the maker is talking about.
How this list is ordered
Ranked by arithmetic, not opinion. Every score is worked out from the specifications each maker publishes, so you can open the working on any product page. Anything commercial is labelled and sits outside that order, and how we score explains what each criterion measures.
Stainless Steel Pod Machines, ranked by score
scored on what the maker publishesOpen a row for the score working1
NespressoCreatista PlusFrom $269.956.9How it scored
Drink Quality8.0pump pressure not publishedCapsule System & Choice8.5Running Cost Per Cup6.5Ease of Use & Speed7.0Build Quality & Reliability6.0Maintenance & Cleaning5.0Machine Value for Moneyweakest link4.1carries 8 of the 95.5 points scoredWaste & Disposal8.0Price from$269.95Score6.9Capsule SystemNespresso OriginalThird-party CapsulesYesAuto shut-offYes (9 Minutes)Read the Nespresso Creatista Plus review →2
NespressoPixieFrom $1496.2How it scored
Drink Quality5.3pump pressure not publishedCapsule System & Choice7.0Running Cost Per Cup6.5Ease of Use & Speed6.5Build Quality & Reliability5.5Maintenance & Cleaningweakest link3.8carries 8 of the 95.5 points scoredMachine Value for Money6.4Waste & Disposal8.0Price from$149Score6.2Capsule SystemNespresso OriginalThird-party CapsulesYesAuto shut-offYes, after 9 minutes of non-use; adjustable to 30 minutesRead the Nespresso Pixie review →3
CuisinartSS-10P1 Single Serve Coffee Maker5.8How it scored
Drink Quality5.3pump pressure not publishedCapsule System & Choice8.5Running Cost Per Cup5.5Ease of Use & Speed6.0Build Quality & Reliability5.0Maintenance & Cleaning6.9Machine Value for Money5.0no price publishedWaste & Disposalweakest link3.0carries 10 of the 95.5 points scoredPricePricing N/AScore5.8Capsule SystemK-CupThird-party CapsulesYesRead the Cuisinart SS-10P1 Single Serve Coffee Maker review →











