Both are sub-£700 automatic-milk bean-to-cup machines with four profiles and hot or iced drinks. Philips uses a two-part LatteGo carafe and twelve-setting grinder; Rivelia adds two interchangeable bean hoppers and a LatteCrema Hot carafe.
This is an editorial inference across brands, not a direct manufacturer comparison. The £50.99 recorded gap and hardware differences are evidenced; drink quality, milk temperature, cleaning time, noise and reliability remain untested.Both are sub-£700 automatic-milk bean-to-cup machines with four profiles and hot or iced drinks. Philips uses a two-part LatteGo carafe and twelve-setting grinder; Rivelia adds two interchangeable bean hoppers and a LatteCrema Hot carafe.
This is an editorial inference across brands, not a direct manufacturer comparison. The £50.99 recorded gap and hardware differences are evidenced; drink quality, milk temperature, cleaning time, noise and reliability remain untested.Change the priority lens, detail level and ownership assumptions below. A highlighted fit is evidence for one selected priority—not an overall winner.
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Lowest known starting basket at £599.00. A connected grinder is included where required.
This is a single-priority signal, not an overall winner or CoffeeScore.| Compare | PhilipsSeries 5500 LatteGoRecord 90% complete | De'LonghiRivelia LatteCremaRecord 93% complete |
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| Model identity | EP5546/70 | EXAM440.55.G · EXAM440.55.W colour variant |
| Product lifecycle | Current model | Current model |
| Known starting basket | Machine: Philips Series 5500 LatteGo (£649.99) | Machine: De'Longhi Rivelia LatteCrema (£599) |
| Current retailer context | £649.99 · Philips UK · verified delivered · exact model verified | £599 · Currys · verified delivered · exact model verified |
| Known starting equipment | £649.99 | £599 |
| Machine type | Bean-to-cup | Bean-to-cup |
| Capsule ecosystem | Not applicable | Not applicable |
| Checked pod-cost example | Not applicable | Not applicable |
| Daily effort | Low | Low |
| Milk workflow | Automatic LatteGo | Automatic LatteCrema Hot carafe · one-touch clean function |
| Built-in grinder | Yes · 12 settings · 275g | Yes · Bean Adapt Technology |
| Best for | A broad one-touch drinks menu with minimal milk-system assembly | Households that want one-touch milk drinks and regularly switch between ordinary, decaf or different beans |
| Main trade-off | It occupies substantial counter depth, costs far more than entry bean-to-cup models, and independent noise, drink-quality and long-term cleaning tests are pending. | Do not mistake this .55 automatic-milk model for the cheaper .35 manual-frother Rivelia: the interface, milk hardware and drink count differ. At 24.5cm it is fairly narrow, but the 43cm depth and access to its 1.4L tank still need checking. Bean switching is guided rather than instant because beans below the removable hopper must be brewed or ground away. Run the carafe CLEAN rinse after milk use, dismantle it regularly, hand-rinse the removable infuser monthly and budget for optional water filters and descaler. The optional LatteCrema Cool kit is a separate purchase. Independent taste, temperature, noise, energy and reliability tests are pending, so no CoffeeScore is published. |
| Width | 24.6 cm | 24.5 cm |
| Depth | 43.3 cm | 43 cm |
| Water capacity | 1.8 L | 1.4 L |
| Warranty field | 2 years | 2 years minimum |
| UK support provider | Philips UK / Versuni | De'Longhi UK |
| Unresolved evidence gaps | 5 fields | 5 fields |
| CoffeeScore | Awaiting test | Awaiting test |
Check Philips UK · £649.99 →Direct retailer link · no commission enabled · checked 21/07/2026Open full evidence record → | Check Currys · £599 →Direct retailer link · no commission enabled · checked 23/07/2026Open full evidence record → |
Change the assumptions to match your household. Pod machines use the same editable capsule figure for a like-for-like scenario; the table above shows when an exact checked system example exists. Other machines use bean cost and dose. A connected grinder is included where the machine needs one.
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