# Vendo landing-page growth score

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Source: https://www.lazyweb.com/yc-s26/vendo
Source observed: 2026-10-15T19:39:07.417Z
Last checked: 2026-10-20T07:38:53.089+00:00
Indexed: 2026-10-15T23:19:14.316+00:00

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# Vendo landing-page growth score

We publish Vendo’s Lazyweb growth-score report for its landing page at [vendo.run](https://vendo.run/), in the YC S26 group. The report was updated **September 20, 2026**.

## Overall result

Vendo’s growth score is **70/100**. Its weakest category is **Trust**, scored **58**.

### How Vendo ranks

1. [Retool Embedded (Retool) — 74](https://www.lazyweb.com/growth-score/site/retool.com)
2. [Appsmith — 74](https://www.lazyweb.com/growth-score/site/appsmith.com)
3. [Budibase — 72](https://www.lazyweb.com/growth-score/site/budibase.com)
4. Vendo — 70
5. [ToolJet — 68](https://www.lazyweb.com/growth-score/site/tooljet.ai)

[Fix Trust](https://www.lazyweb.com/plans/checkout?plan=individual&source=growth_score_feature_build_fixes)

### Category scores

- [Trust — 58](https://www.lazyweb.com/yc-s26/vendo#gs-trust)
- [Information hierarchy — 68](https://www.lazyweb.com/yc-s26/vendo#gs-information_hierarchy)
- [Value props — 68](https://www.lazyweb.com/yc-s26/vendo#gs-value_props)
- [Mobile web — 72](https://www.lazyweb.com/yc-s26/vendo#gs-mobile_web)
- [CTA — 86](https://www.lazyweb.com/yc-s26/vendo#gs-cta)

## Score over time

- **September 20, 2026 — 70:** live report; overall **−2**, Information hierarchy **−4**, Mobile web **−4**.
- [August 21, 2026 — 72](https://www.lazyweb.com/growth-score/history/2026-08-21): first tracked report; strongest category was CTA at **88**, and weakest was Trust at **58**.

## Trust — 58, Fair

We evaluate proof that the product is real, competent, and safe to try.

![Vendo trust comparison](https://zlfyzdmohcskkucuunmk.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/sites/growth-score/site/vendo.run.jpg?v=2026-09-20T06%3A09%3A37.001%2B00%3A00)

| Product | Trust read |
| --- | --- |
| Vendo | “Backed by Y Combinator” badge above the headline |
| Retool Embedded (Retool) | Customer logo wall on mobile: DoorDash, OpenAI, Pernod Ricard, Pfizer, Stripe, Unity, Philips |
| Appsmith | GitHub star count “40,904” in the header navigation |
| Budibase | GitHub “27.5K” star count in the navigation |
| ToolJet | “40,777 stars on GitHub” badge above the hero headline |

### How Vendo ranks for trust

1. ToolJet — 82
2. Retool Embedded (Retool) — 64
3. Appsmith — 64
4. Budibase — 62
5. Vendo — 58

[Build proof section](https://www.lazyweb.com/backlog?site=vendo.run#opt-trust-signals) for recommended proof signals, copy, and placement.

## Information hierarchy — 68, Fair

We evaluate whether the design helps or inhibits the page’s message.

![Information hierarchy annotations on the desktop capture](https://zlfyzdmohcskkucuunmk.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/sites/growth-score/site/vendo.run.jpg?v=2026-09-20T06%3A09%3A37.001%2B00%3A00)

1. **Get a demo button:** a same-size white button beside “Start free” splits the primary action into two equal choices and echoes the airplane’s “BOOK A DEMO” banner as a third demo path.
2. **Copy AI prompt row:** a third interactive cluster with three vendor icons sits directly below the CTA pair and pulls clicks away from conversion.
3. **GitHub star line:** “Star us · runvendo/vendo” adds a fourth competing action and an outbound exit in the CTA stack.
4. **Airplane demo banner:** the pixel-plane “BOOK A DEMO” banner outranks the headline in the scan path and duplicates the demo CTA below.

[View layout plan](https://www.lazyweb.com/backlog?site=vendo.run#opt-information-hierarchy) for a sequenced keep, move, merge, or remove plan.

## Value props — 68, Fair

We evaluate whether the title, subtitle, and hero sell Vendo’s true value.

**Vendo’s headline:** “Your product, shaped to every customer.”  
**Subhead:** “An open-source customization layer. Your users build their own features and micro-apps, right on top of your product.”

### Working

- The subhead names the mechanism and actor clearly.
- The hero demo shows a user-built micro-app.
- Open-source and Apache-2.0 messaging builds trust.

### Could improve

- The headline could describe many products.
- There are no numbers or concrete outcomes.
- There is no emotional hook around roadmap pain.

### How Vendo ranks for value props

1. Budibase — 78
2. ToolJet — 78
3. Appsmith — 76
4. Vendo — 68
5. Retool Embedded (Retool) — 68

## Mobile web — 72, Fair

We evaluate the phone experience as a first-class experience.

![Mobile web annotations on the mobile capture](https://zlfyzdmohcskkucuunmk.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/sites/growth-score/site/vendo.run-mobile.jpg?v=2026-09-20T06%3A09%3A37.001%2B00%3A00)

1. **Uncollapsed nav link row:** the full desktop navigation—Pricing, Docs, Blog, Sign in, Start free—is crammed across the phone header instead of using a hamburger.
2. **Book a demo banner:** the decorative plane banner adds a third competing CTA above the headline and pushes the value statement down.
3. **Half-width Start free:** the primary CTA shares its row with Get a demo instead of being a full-bleed, thumb-first button.
4. **Copy AI prompt bar:** an extra utility control plus the GitHub star line adds two more asks directly below the CTAs and dilutes the primary action.

[View mobile fixes](https://www.lazyweb.com/backlog?site=vendo.run#opt-mobile-web) to turn these findings into a prioritized implementation checklist.

## CTA — 86, Strong

We evaluate CTA copy, size, verb, and perceived cost.

![Vendo CTA](https://zlfyzdmohcskkucuunmk.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/sites/growth-score/site/vendo.run.jpg?v=2026-09-20T06%3A09%3A37.001%2B00%3A00)

The primary CTA is **“Start free.”** The report identifies these problems:

- Four competing hero actions.
- No header-language echo.

### How Vendo ranks for CTA

1. Vendo — 86
2. Retool Embedded (Retool) — 86
3. Appsmith — 86
4. Budibase — 86
5. ToolJet — 62

## Competitors

The report infers competitors from product, audience, and value proposition:

1. [Retool Embedded (Retool) — retool.com — 74](https://www.lazyweb.com/growth-score/site/retool.com)
2. [Appsmith — appsmith.com — 74](https://www.lazyweb.com/growth-score/site/appsmith.com)
3. [Budibase — budibase.com — 72](https://www.lazyweb.com/growth-score/site/budibase.com)
4. Vendo — 70
5. [ToolJet — tooljet.ai — 68](https://www.lazyweb.com/growth-score/site/tooljet.ai)

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