Jura E8 vs KitchenAid KF8

Both grind, brew and froth at one press. The Jura E8 is built around speed and a long track record, with two thermoblocks; the KitchenAid KF8 around screen, profiles and flexibility, with a 5 inch touchscreen, six profiles, a plant-milk setting and a hopper you can lift out and swap.

The short answer

Which one should you buy?

Every row below is resolved from the two catalog records, not from a preference of ours; where the records tie, the row says so.

Where each one stands

We publish a score only for award winners, on the award page that justifies it, so this comparison is decided on what the two machines do rather than on a number. In the words of the two review records: the Jura E8 is A premium Swiss bean-to-cup machine that makes consistently excellent one-touch drinks with an integrated grinder and automatic milk. Expensive, with proprietary servicing, but one of the most convenient machines you can buy. The KitchenAid KF8 is KitchenAid's flagship, with the range's best plant-milk results, six profiles, a 5-inch touchscreen and the only six-month test, which found no drop in extraction. It brews the same shot as the KF6 and KF7 for considerably more.

Spec by spec

* Pressure figures are manufacturer-published pump ratings. A pump rating is the pump's maximum, not the pressure at the coffee during a shot, and we have not measured brew pressure on either machine, so the two numbers are shown because the manufacturers publish them, not as comparable measures of extraction. † Marked figures are not confirmed on a manufacturer source for the exact model number listed above; we have left our tracked value in place rather than substitute an unverified one. Plant-milk ratings are our own documented 1–5 scoring, published on each review page.

Portafilter sizes for every machine we cover, with sources, are on our portafilter size chart; footprints are on the dimensions chart.

The price arithmetic

Both machines include their grinder — Built-in grinder: Yes and Yes — so there is no hidden second purchase on either side and the arithmetic is simply the two machine prices.

At live prices the Jura E8 costs about $599 more than the KitchenAid KF8. Prices at retail move, and this figure moves with them; what does not move is what the premium buys, which the sections below take row by row from the two records.

Two thermoblocks or one heater

The Jura E8 has two thermoblocks, which is why our record credits it with brewing and frothing without waiting between the two. The KitchenAid KF8 uses one heater for water and milk, as Expert Reviews describes, and makes coffee and milk in sequence, with a setting for which goes in first. In daily use the KitchenAid KF8 still made a cappuccino from switch-on in under two minutes for Expert Reviews, so the difference is mostly felt when you make several milk drinks back to back.

Milk and plant milk

The KitchenAid KF8 draws milk from an included container through a hose, with a dual outlet for two drinks at once and a dedicated plant-milk setting that steams barista-style plant milks at a lower temperature. Testers found its plant-milk foam silky; one found no foam-density adjustment, which limits how different a cappuccino and a latte can be. Our plant-milk ratings for both machines are in the table above.

Counters, beans and evidence

The KitchenAid KF8 is narrower but much deeper than the Jura E8, so measure depth as well as width. Its removable hopper lets you swap to decaf; the Jura E8's hopper is part of the machine. Both rinse themselves, and testers found the KitchenAid KF8 uses a lot of water doing so. On evidence, the Jura E8 has years of ownership behind it, while the KitchenAid KF8's best durability record is one household's six months and more than 1,400 drinks with no drop in extraction.

Where each one wins

And where each loses — from the same review records:

Reviewed on our published rubric

⭐ Honorable mention

Jura E8

Bean-to-Cup · integrated brew unit · Built-in grinder · Automatic steam

$2,599.00Live Amazon price · as of 10/24/2026 1:11 AM

A premium Swiss bean-to-cup machine that makes consistently excellent one-touch drinks with an integrated grinder and automatic milk. Expensive, with proprietary servicing, but one of the most convenient machines you can buy.

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Reviewed on our published rubric

Reviewed

KitchenAid KF8

Bean-to-Cup · integrated brew unit · Built-in grinder · Automatic steam

$1,999.99Live Amazon price · as of 10/24/2026 12:41 AM

KitchenAid's flagship, with the range's best plant-milk results, six profiles, a 5-inch touchscreen and the only six-month test, which found no drop in extraction. It brews the same shot as the KF6 and KF7 for considerably more.

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Frequently asked questions

Sources for this page: every score, spec, pro and con is rendered from the same two records that produce the Jura E8 review and the KitchenAid KF8 review; manufacturer figures carry the spec source recorded on each catalog entry (KitchenAid KF8: KitchenAid KF6/KF7/KF8 owner's manual W11616369 and kitchenaid.com KF8 page, read 2026-10-23: 40+ drink types, 6 named profiles, 5 in touchscreen, alternative-milk cycle, milk container, dual milk outlet, 7 grind positions, removable 270 g hopper, 2.2 L tank, 1450 W; 26.0 W x 47.3 D x 36.3 H cm (AJ Madison inches; Expert Reviews 260 x 473 x 363 mm). Single heater per AJ Madison and Expert Reviews ('thermoblock'). Net weight 12.7 kg per AJ Madison; UK reviews give 18.1 kg. Hands-on: Techlicious (six months, 1,400+ drinks), TechRadar, Tom's Guide, Expert Reviews, T3, Ideal Home (loaned unit), Woman & Home, Home Coffee Expert.). We have not physically tested either machine.

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