# Claude vs Perplexity: UI comparison

- Week: week of October 19, 2026 (2026-10-19)
- Page: https://ai-portal-library.dev/compare/claude-vs-perplexity
- Open in Compare: https://ai-portal-library.dev/#compare?view=table&mode=portals&week=2026-10-19&portals=claude,perplexity&device=desktop

How Claude (Anthropic) and Perplexity (Perplexity AI) compare on a desktop screen in the week of October 19, 2026: 4 differences and 4 similarities, measured from each product's weekly screenshot.

## Differences

- Claude shows 14 menu items; Perplexity shows 17.
- Perplexity's message box covers more of the screen than Claude's (7.5% vs 6.5%).
- Perplexity shows more clickable items than Claude (~22 vs ~18).
- Claude uses 2 text sizes; Perplexity uses 3.

## Similarities

- Both sidebars take a similar share of the screen width (23% vs 19%).
- Neither shows a note about the AI's limits.
- Both were captured in dark mode.
- Both message boxes sit in the middle third of the screen.

## Latest menu changes

### Claude

No menu changes have been recorded for Claude yet.

### Perplexity

Week of October 12, 2026, compared with the week of October 5, 2026:

- The sidebar item Sessions is now labeled Recents.

## Portal pages

- Claude: https://ai-portal-library.dev/portals/claude
- Perplexity: https://ai-portal-library.dev/portals/perplexity

## Screenshots

- Claude, desktop: https://ai-portal-library.dev/img/shots/2026-10-19/claude.local.png?v=1792783734060
- Perplexity, desktop: https://ai-portal-library.dev/img/shots/2026-10-19/perplexity.local.png?v=1792783768739