Buy the Nespresso Vertuo Next Coffee Machine, White.

One of these makes coffee and the other just holds capsules for a machine you would still need to buy.

What was compared

1. Makes actual coffee. The Cube makes nothing.
The Vertuo Next brews espresso, coffee and carafe-size drinks from pods. The Display Cube is just a plexiglass box that holds capsules and cannot make a single cup on its own.
2. You need this before you need the Cube
The Display Cube only earns its place next to a machine you already own. Buy the Cube first and you still have zero coffee, the Vertuo Next is the appliance that makes owning pods worth it.
3. Seven drink sizes, not one pod holder
The Vertuo Next brews espresso, double espresso and sizes up to a full carafe at the touch of a button. The Cube's entire feature set is holding around 60 capsules.
4. One buys coffee, the other just organizes it
At R4 799 the Vertuo Next replaces your daily coffee run entirely. The R433.73 Display Cube only tidies capsules you still need a machine to brew, so on its own it delivers nothing.
5. Yes, some Vertuo Next units fail early. Still buy it.
Research flags Vertuo Next units leaking or developing electrical faults within one to two years, a real risk worth knowing. But this is not a flawless machine against a flawless Cube, it is an imperfect coffee maker against a dispenser that makes no coffee at all.