Magnifica Evo vs Plus: Which Fits Your Saudi Coffee Routine?

Compare DeLonghi ECAM290.81.TB and ECAM322.70.SB on Amazon.sa by milk controls, touch display, user profiles, and the reason to upgrade.

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Our picks

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Direct drink controls

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De'Longhi Magnifica Evo ECAM290.81.TB

De'Longhi

Approx. price when checked: 2,499 SAR (as of September 2026)

Advantages

• Coffee and milk controls suit a routine built around familiar drinks
• The integrated grinder keeps bean preparation inside the machine
• The lower checked price leaves more budget for beans and care supplies

Before you buy

• Choose Plus if saved user profiles and a touchscreen are the priority
• Milk-system and descaling care remain part of ownership

Best for: A household that wants direct drink selection without prioritizing multiple saved profiles.

Skip if: four user profiles and screen-led customization are central to your purchase.

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Price checked: 28 September 2026

Four user profiles

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De'Longhi Magnifica Plus ECAM322.70.SB

De'Longhi

Approx. price when checked: 3,999 SAR (as of September 2026)

Best for: Several users who want different saved drinks and milk-foam settings.

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Advantages

• Four profiles separate saved preferences for different users
• The 3.5-inch touch display brings recipe selection and settings together
• Three foam settings give milk-drink users a choice of texture

Before you buy

• Costs more than the Evo offer in this comparison
• Additional controls add little if you keep the same drink settings
• Automatic milk rinsing does not remove regular manual care

Best for: Several users who want different saved drinks and milk-foam settings.

Skip if: a familiar direct-selection routine already meets your needs.

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Price checked: 28 September 2026

Choose Magnifica Evo if you want a familiar coffee-and-milk routine at the lower price. Choose Magnifica Plus if several people will use its saved profiles and touchscreen settings. The upgrade is easier to justify through those daily controls than through a headline drink count or an expectation of automatically better coffee.

Begin with the drinks you already make

Both machines are bean-to-cup models: an integrated grinder prepares beans inside the machine. The Evo offer includes one-touch coffee and milk preparation and a soft-touch control panel. That suits a household that tends to repeat a few familiar drinks and wants to select them directly.

If your main job is making a pot to share at breakfast, a drip machine may suit that routine better. The drip-versus-espresso guide addresses that choice before you commit to either of these machines. An existing coffee maker that already handles your preferred drinks is also a reasonable reason to postpone an upgrade.

Think through a normal morning rather than counting every possible recipe. Write down which drinks each person makes, whether milk is involved, and which settings people change between cups. This small list tells you whether separate profiles solve a recurring inconvenience or whether direct selection is enough.

What the Plus screen and profiles change

For ECAM322.70.SB, DeLonghi specifies a 3.5-inch color touchscreen and four user profiles. The screen provides a place to select drinks and adjust preferences, while profiles keep different users’ choices separate. This matters most when one person regularly changes settings that someone else then changes back.

Four profiles are four places to save preferences, not a measure of brewing speed or the number of drinks you can serve at once. A household with one regular user may get less value from that feature than one with several people making different drinks throughout the day. The practical question is how often saved settings will remove a task you currently repeat.

The Plus also offers three milk-foam settings through LatteCrema Hot, DeLonghi’s automatic hot-milk system. That adds a choice of texture for milk drinks. It does not mean the higher-priced machine will make every coffee taste better to every person, or that beans and the settings you choose stop mattering.

Keep the model suffix ahead of the recipe headline

DeLonghi’s exact ECAM322.70.SB product page specifies 18 drinks. The Amazon.sa title checked on September 28 says “24+,” while its body also says 18. This comparison uses the manufacturer’s exact-model figure. If one particular recipe is essential, ask for confirmation that it appears on the machine being supplied rather than selecting by the larger headline number.

The Evo offer is ECAM290.81.TB. Its direct drink and milk controls are the basis for the recommendation here; we do not assign it a recipe count or a complete menu from another regional revision. Keep that suffix on your order confirmation and check the supplied menu against the drinks that matter to you.

An overseas manufacturer page can help establish the manufacturer’s specifications for a precise model, but its plug, warranty, price, or service terms do not automatically apply to a Saudi purchase. The local purchase is the Amazon.sa offer in the product card.

Decide whether the controls earn the extra cost

In September 2026, Amazon.sa listed the Evo at about SAR 2,500. At the same check, the Plus was about SAR 4,000. Both checked offers named Amazon.sa as the seller. These are item-price observations before optional protection or conditional payment promotions, not permanent price bands.

The extra cost is easier to justify if saved preferences, a touchscreen, and adjustable milk foam will be used regularly. If everyone wants the same few drinks, the Evo’s lower price may leave more room in the budget for beans and routine care without giving up the daily coffee-and-milk workflow you came for.

Neither machine is declared the overall Saudi coffee-machine winner here. The wider Saudi coffee selection includes other brewing types and the Magnifica Start. Those alternatives let you step back from this two-model choice without assuming the next model up is necessary.

Plan counter access and milk care

Before choosing a permanent spot, check the supplied model dimensions and leave practical access for filling beans and water, removing grounds, using the milk carafe, and following the cleaning instructions. A countertop footprint alone does not establish that you can service the machine under a low cupboard. Measure with your own cups and the space you will actually use.

Automatic milk rinsing is helpful between drinks, but it does not replace the manual’s full carafe-cleaning routine. Follow the instructions supplied with the precise machine for removable parts, cleaning products, and descaling. The coffee-machine maintenance guide covers the broader care decision, while planning a home coffee corner helps keep supplies and daily access together.

The ECAM290.81.TB manual (Turkish-language PDF) separates milk-system cleaning after use from dismantling and cleaning the carafe in section 12. Before buying, open that section and identify the parts you will remove and where you will wash and dry them. Do not transfer the Evo carafe procedure to the Plus solely because the family names are similar; use the manual for the model you choose.

For each user, note the drink, coffee quantity, and milk preference. Occasional differences may be easy to manage with the Evo panel; resetting preferences every morning makes the Plus profiles more useful. Allow a place for the carafe while it is being cleaned as well as space for the machine itself.

Sources and research basis

We compared the two exact Amazon.sa offers on September 28, 2026 and checked DeLonghi’s model specifications. Manufacturer documentation was checked again on October 6, 2026; that specification check does not update the September offer prices. Confirm the supplied electrical version, included accessories, and Saudi service arrangements with the seller before ordering; optional checkout protection is separate from the machine’s own terms.

This analysis is based on published information from Amazon.sa, as of 28 September 2026.