The ENA 8 is sold as Jura’s compact bean to cup machine and the E8 as the mid-range one, which suggests the choice is about counter space. On Jura’s own dimensions it is not.
Where the two differ
| ENA 8 (15510) | E8 (15842) | |
|---|---|---|
| Water tank | 1.1 L | 1.9 L |
| Bean container | 125 g | 280 g |
| Grounds container | about 10 servings | about 16 servings |
| Grind settings | not published by Jura | 7 programmable levels |
| Width x depth x height | 271 x 445 x 323 mm | 270 x 446 x 348 mm |
| Weight | 9.4 kg | 10 kg |
| Filter cartridge | CLARIS Smart | CLARIS Smart+ |
| UK price, checked 21 September 2026 | £1,095 | £1,245 to £1,295 |
They share the mechanical core: a thermoblock, a 15 bar high performance pump, 1,450 W at 230 V, milk drawn through a pipe from a container you supply, a programmable switch-off time, Jura descaling and cleaning tablets, and 25 months of UK warranty.
The compact machine is not the smaller one on the counter
Jura’s page for the ENA 8 gives “27.1 × 32.3 × 44.5 cm” in width, height, depth order. Jura’s page for the E8 gives “27 × 34.8 × 44.6 cm” in the same order.
That is 1 mm of width and 1 mm of depth in the E8’s favour, and 25 mm of height in the ENA 8’s. If your gap is a wall cupboard 330 mm above the worktop, the difference is real. If it is a width between a kettle and a wall, the two machines are interchangeable and the ENA 8 saves you nothing.
What is actually smaller is the supply side
The ENA 8 holds 1.1 L of water against 1.9 L, 125 g of beans against 280 g and about 10 servings in the grounds container against about 16. Every one of those is a refill or an empty you do sooner.
Count the drinks your household makes in a day and the two numbers separate. At eight a day the ENA 8’s grounds container is full inside the day on Jura’s figure and the E8’s is not. That, rather than millimetres, is the case for spending the extra £150 to £200.
Milk comes from a container you provide
Both manuals give the same instruction: “Connect the other end of the milk pipe to a milk container or a milk cooler.” Neither machine has a carafe built into it, on the ENA 8 manual or the E8 manual.
This is where the footprint question comes back. Since the two cabinets take the same space, the milk container beside them is the same extra space either way, and it is a bottle or a glass jug you have to find room for and put away.
Grind adjustment is published on one side only
Jura lists “Individually programmable consistency of grind 7 levels” for the E8 and publishes no grind setting count for the ENA 8. If you want to move the grind to suit a particular bag of beans, only one of the two tells you in advance how much room you have to move it.
Descaling and the cartridges
Both machines watch their own limescale. The ENA 8 manual says the machine “builds up deposits of limescale over time and automatically prompts you to descale it when necessary”, and the E8 manual says the same of the E8. Neither gives a day count, because it depends on your water hardness setting.
Each also offers an escape from descaling through the filter, but not with the same part: “Your ENA no longer has to be descaled if you are using the CLARIS Smart filter cartridge”, while the E8 names the CLARIS Smart+ instead. Budget for the right cartridge for the machine you buy, and let your own manual settle any difference.
The warranty runs to an odd number on both
Jura’s UK terms give “25 months from the date of initial purchase” on both machines, not a round two years. Jura’s warranty conditions set that out, and it applies equally to the £1,095 ENA 8 and the £1,245 E8.
Choose the ENA 8 if
You have a low cupboard and need the 25 mm, you drink one or two coffees a day, and you would rather keep £150 to £200. You accept a 1.1 L tank, a 125 g bean container and a grounds drawer to empty after about ten servings.
Choose the E8 if
The machine serves a household rather than a person. The 1.9 L tank, 280 g bean container and 16 serving grounds drawer are the reason, and the 7 programmable grind levels are the one adjustment the ENA 8 does not publish. You give up nothing on the counter, since the two footprints match to a millimetre.
