Jura S8 (NAB) vs Philips Series 5500 LatteGo EP5544/90

Jura's mid-range machine with a 4.3 in touchscreen, 27 drinks including Sweet Foam, and Wi-Fi supplied

Scores higher on drinks & milk system, capacity & refills, ease of use.

Twenty drinks including six iced, from a two-part milk system that rinses in seconds

Scores higher on grinder & grind control, cleaning & upkeep, value for money.

• +27 one-touch drinks, with Sweet Foam and Extra Shot versions of the milk drinks.
• +Wi-Fi Connect is in the box, so app control costs nothing extra.
• +A powder chute for ground coffee, for decaf without emptying the hopper.
• +Automatic one-touch milk system cleaning.

• −$3,299 on Jura's own store, where the J8 was $2,599 the same day with more drinks.
• −The coffee spout tops out at 111 mm, so tall glasses may not fit.
• −No removable brew unit listed; cleaning relies on Jura's programmes and tablets.

• +Twenty drinks, all named by Philips, including six iced ones and a travel mug setting.
• +LatteGo is two parts with no tubes, and Philips states both go in the dishwasher.
• +A removable brew group, which is what lets you rinse the part that does the work.
• +AquaClean, which Philips says means no descaling for up to 5000 cups.
• +Four user profiles plus a guest, so a household is not re-setting strength every morning.

• −Philips publishes no price, and its own retailer list runs from $699.00 to $1,299.95.
• −The SKU most shops sell, EP5544/94, has no page on Philips' own site at all.
• −Philips' two pages for this series disagree on voltage and country of manufacture.
• −The AquaClean claim assumes eight filter replacements, which is a running cost to price in.