# Manus vs Qwen Chat: UI comparison

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

How Manus (Manus AI) and Qwen Chat (Alibaba) compare on a desktop screen in the week of October 19, 2026: 5 differences and 2 similarities, measured from each product's weekly screenshot.

## Differences

- Manus shows 17 menu items; Qwen Chat shows 12.
- Manus's message box covers more of the screen than Qwen Chat's (9% vs 4.3%).
- Qwen Chat's sidebar is wider than Manus's (19% vs 4% of the screen width).
- Manus was captured in dark mode; Qwen Chat in light mode.
- Manus's message box sits in the bottom third of the screen, Qwen Chat's in the middle third.

## Similarities

- Both use 3 text sizes.
- Neither shows a note about the AI's limits.

## Latest menu changes

### Manus

No menu changes have been recorded for Manus yet.

### Qwen Chat

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

- A new Create item appears in the sidebar.

## Portal pages

- Manus: https://ai-portal-library.dev/portals/manus
- Qwen Chat: https://ai-portal-library.dev/portals/qwen

## Screenshots

- Manus, desktop: https://ai-portal-library.dev/img/shots/2026-10-19/manus.local.png?v=1792783952441
- Qwen Chat, desktop: https://ai-portal-library.dev/img/shots/2026-10-19/qwen.local.png?v=1792783990543