# Manus vs Perplexity: UI comparison

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

How Manus (Manus AI) 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

- Manus's message box covers more of the screen than Perplexity's (9% vs 7.5%).
- Manus shows more clickable items than Perplexity (~33 vs ~22).
- Perplexity's sidebar is wider than Manus's (19% vs 4% of the screen width).
- Manus's message box sits in the bottom third of the screen, Perplexity's in the middle third.

## Similarities

- Both show 17 menu items.
- Both use 3 text sizes.
- Neither shows a note about the AI's limits.
- Both were captured in dark mode.

## Latest menu changes

### Manus

No menu changes have been recorded for Manus 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

- Manus: https://ai-portal-library.dev/portals/manus
- Perplexity: https://ai-portal-library.dev/portals/perplexity

## Screenshots

- Manus, desktop: https://ai-portal-library.dev/img/shots/2026-10-19/manus.local.png?v=1792783952441
- Perplexity, desktop: https://ai-portal-library.dev/img/shots/2026-10-19/perplexity.local.png?v=1792783768739