All 3 De'Longhi machines we hold a published review of, on one page. De'Longhi sells a far larger range than this; a hub on this site lists only what we have actually evaluated.
Written and reviewed by the CoffeeLabAdvisor editorial team · Published 8 September 2026
De'Longhi's appeal is one-touch coffee, and the machines we have reviewed sit either side of a clear line: one guided espresso machine you drive yourself, and two bean-to-cup automatics that drive themselves. We have reviewed 3 of them. Which side of that line you want is the whole decision, and it has more to do with how much you enjoy the process than with how much you spend.
Every De'Longhi product we hold a published review of, in price order. The award column names a 2026 standing where there is one; most products have none, which is not a mark against them.
| Product | What it is | 2026 award | Reference price | Best for |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| De'Longhi La Specialista Arte | Semi-Automatic, built-in grinder | — | $700 | Beginners who want guided, low-fuss espresso |
| De'Longhi Magnifica Evo | Bean-to-Cup, built-in grinder | — | $750 | Value buyers who want one-touch bean-to-cup drinks |
| De'Longhi Dinamica Plus ⭐ | Bean-to-Cup, built-in grinder | ⭐ Honorable mention | $1,100 | Feature-focused buyers who want app control and great milk |
🏆 marks a 2026 CoffeeLab Award winner and ⭐ an honorable mention. Reference prices are our tracked catalog figures; the live price at retail applies and is shown on the cards below.
The La Specialista is a portafilter machine: you grind, dose, tamp and pull a shot, with De'Longhi's guidance built in to make each step harder to get wrong. Our record marks it as best for beginners who want guided, low-fuss espresso, which is a precise description of what it is for. You are still making the coffee.
The Magnifica Evo and Dinamica Plus are bean-to-cup automatics: beans in the top, drink out at one touch, an automatic milk system, and no portafilter anywhere. Both use the same brewing hardware, a single thermoblock at 19 bar with a built-in steel burr grinder. The difference between the two is interface and features, not extraction, which our head-to-head comparison lays out row by row.
Choosing between the two sides is not about quality. It is about whether making coffee is something you want to do or something you want done. Our espresso versus bean-to-cup guide is the longer version of that question.
The trade is worth stating plainly, because it is the whole decision. What you gain is consistency and speed with no skill required: the machine grinds, doses, tamps, brews and froths, and the drink is the same on a bad morning as a good one. Nobody has to learn to tamp. Nobody dials in. For a household where several people make coffee and only one of them cares about coffee, that is worth a great deal.
What you give up is control and ceiling. You cannot change the dose independently of the grind on these machines the way you can on a portafilter machine, you cannot watch the shot and adjust, and the built-in grinder is the grinder for the life of the machine. Our records treat that as the structural limit of the format rather than a fault of any particular model. If the appeal of espresso is partly the making of it, a portafilter machine and a separate grinder will reward you more and cost less; our beginner machine guide covers that route.
The second thing you give up is easy servicing. Both bean-to-cup machines here have more moving parts than a portafilter machine, and the milk system in particular needs cleaning discipline. Our cleaning guide covers the routine; the short version is that an automatic milk system rinsed daily lasts, and one that is not, does not.
Both bean-to-cup machines carry De'Longhi's LatteCrema automatic milk system, and our records rate it well: the Dinamica Plus record calls the foam excellent, and the Magnifica Evo record lists the automatic frother among its strengths while noting it is less versatile than a manual wand. If plant milk is the daily choice, the Dinamica Plus rates a point higher on our plant-milk scale, and that is the most consequential single difference between them.
Both share a structural limit worth knowing before you spend. A single thermoblock cannot brew and steam at the same time, so there is a short wait between the coffee and the milk. Our Dinamica Plus record lists this explicitly as a documented limitation. Machines that avoid it use dual thermoblocks or dual boilers, and in our coverage that means stepping up to the Swiss machines in the Best Bean-to-Cup award field, at a considerably higher price.
The other honest note from our records is construction: both bean-to-cup machines are described as plastic-heavy compared with premium rivals. That is a fair reflection of the price, not a fault, but it is the thing owners of more expensive machines notice first.
You want to make espresso, with help: the La Specialista. Our record marks it as best for beginners who want guided, low-fuss espresso, and it is the only machine here where you handle a portafilter.
You want one-touch drinks for the least money: the Magnifica Evo. Our record marks it as the best price-to-features ratio in the bean-to-cup category, and it shares its brewing hardware with the more expensive Dinamica Plus.
You drink plant milk, or iced coffee, or want app control: the Dinamica Plus. It rates a point higher for plant milk, adds the TrueBrew Over Ice function for genuinely iced coffee, and replaces the button panel with a colour touchscreen.
One caution from our Dinamica Plus record: it saves only three user profiles, which is thin for a larger household, and its pot function brews too watery to be worth using. Neither is a reason to avoid the machine; both are reasons to buy it for the right features.
Beside each machine you will find its 2026 award standing where it has one, and a best-for line. The best-for line is the one to read. These machines are not variations on a single product competing for one buyer — a guided portafilter machine and a one-touch bean-to-cup automatic answer different questions — so the useful comparison is which job is yours, not which machine is ahead.
Award standing is the only recognition this site shows outside an award page, and it is shown only for products that earned it. Nothing here is a league table.
Everything on this page rests on documented evidence: manufacturer specifications, instruction books and published materials. We do not physically test these machines, measure temperature or pressure, or taste the coffee they make, and our editorial standards say so in full. It is a statement about a documented record, not about a cup we drank.
Semi-Automatic · Built-in grinder · Manual steam
A guided all-in-one with smart tamping and a built-in grinder, but the proprietary 51mm portafilter and coarse grinder cap its ceiling. Good for guided beginners; less flexible than 54mm or 58mm rivals.
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Bean-to-Cup · Built-in grinder · Automatic steam
The best-value bean-to-cup machine: integrated grinder, automatic LatteCrema milk and one-touch drinks at roughly $750. Convenient and consistent, with plastic internals and less control than premium rivals.
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Bean-to-Cup · Built-in grinder · Automatic steam
The strongest mid-tier bean-to-cup: touchscreen, app control, Over Ice and excellent automatic LatteCrema milk. Great foam and features for the price, with plastic build and a single thermoblock as the trade-offs.
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None of the 3 we have reviewed currently holds a CoffeeLab Award, so we do not name a best. The question that matters more is format: the La Specialista is a portafilter machine you drive yourself, while the Magnifica Evo and Dinamica Plus are bean-to-cup automatics. Decide which of those you want first.
Interface and features, not brewing. Both use a single thermoblock at 19 bar with a built-in steel burr grinder and the LatteCrema milk system. The Dinamica Plus adds a colour touchscreen, a Bluetooth app, the TrueBrew Over Ice function, and rates a point higher on our plant-milk scale.
Not the two we have reviewed. Both list a single thermoblock, so the machine heats for brewing and then for steaming, with a short wait between. Our Dinamica Plus record names this as a documented limitation. Simultaneous brew and steam requires a dual-thermoblock or dual-boiler machine.
That is exactly what our record marks it as best for: beginners who want guided, low-fuss espresso. It is a portafilter machine with De'Longhi's assistance built into each step, so you are still making the coffee but with fewer ways to get it wrong.
The Dinamica Plus, which rates a point above the Magnifica Evo on our plant-milk scale. Both use the same LatteCrema automatic system, so the difference is in the result rather than the mechanism.
Many more. This hub lists only the machines we hold a published review of, because a hub here summarises our own record rather than the brand's catalogue. Machines we have not evaluated are not listed or recommended.
Sources for this page: Specifications, best-for lines and documented limitations: our published review records for each machine listed above. Reference prices are our tracked catalog figures; live prices come from Amazon at page load and the price at purchase applies.