# Le Chat vs Perplexity: UI comparison

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

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

## Differences

- Le Chat shows 10 menu items; Perplexity shows 17.
- Perplexity's message box covers more of the screen than Le Chat's (7.5% vs 4.2%).

## Similarities

- Both sidebars take a similar share of the screen width (20% vs 19%).
- Both use 3 text sizes.
- 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

### Le Chat

Week of October 5, 2026, compared with the week of September 28, 2026:

- The icon of a top bar button changed (bubble-clock icon → dashed bubble icon).

### Perplexity

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

- The sidebar item Sessions is now labeled Recents.

## Portal pages

- Le Chat: https://ai-portal-library.dev/portals/mistral
- Perplexity: https://ai-portal-library.dev/portals/perplexity

## Screenshots

- Le Chat, desktop: https://ai-portal-library.dev/img/shots/2026-10-19/mistral.local.png?v=1792783876770
- Perplexity, desktop: https://ai-portal-library.dev/img/shots/2026-10-19/perplexity.local.png?v=1792783768739