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Score over time

8070605040Q4 63 on May 27 (Wayback)Q4 66 on Jun 8 (Wayback)Q4 60 on Jul 23 (Wayback)Q4 60 on Aug 9 (Wayback)Q4 60 on Aug 23 (Wayback)Q4 59 on Sep 11 (Wayback)Q4 50 on Sep 20 (Live)Irwin 68 on Apr 22 (Wayback)Irwin 67 on May 12 (Wayback)Irwin 67 on Sep 20 (Live)Notified IR (Intrado) 47 on Apr 10 (Wayback)Notified IR (Intrado) 46 on May 6 (Wayback)Notified IR (Intrado) 47 on May 19 (Wayback)Notified IR (Intrado) 44 on Jun 13 (Wayback)Notified IR (Intrado) 46 on Sep 2 (Wayback)Notified IR (Intrado) 58 on Sep 20 (Live)Nasdaq IR Insight 60 on Sep 20 (Live)FactSet Investor Relations Solutions 64 on Jun 17 (Wayback)FactSet Investor Relations Solutions 64 on Jun 29 (Wayback)FactSet Investor Relations Solutions 61 on Jul 12 (Wayback)FactSet Investor Relations Solutions 64 on Jul 26 (Wayback)FactSet Investor Relations Solutions 61 on Aug 9 (Wayback)FactSet Investor Relations Solutions 63 on Aug 17 (Wayback)FactSet Investor Relations Solutions 68 on Sep 20 (Live)Collar 67 on Aug 20 (Wayback)Collar 68 on Sep 20 (Live)Aug 20Sep 20
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  1. Sep 20, 202668LiveOverall +1 · Value props −14 · Mobile web +8Viewing
  2. Aug 20, 202667First tracked report — strongest Value props 76, weakest Trust 48View →

Trust

54Fair

Proof that the product is real, competent, and safe to try.

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Irwin
Nasdaq IR Insight
Trust read
Collar"Backed by Y Combinator" badge below the hero CTA
Q4Mobile hero product UI showing the prompt "Prep my next earnings ca"
IrwinProduct dashboard screenshot showing "Change vs. Peers," "My Top Buyers," and "Suggested Investors" feature UI
Notified IR (Intrado)implicit context Notified IR (Intrado) may benefit from pre-existing familiarity among its target audience.
Nasdaq IR Insight"Most Active by Dollar Volume" widget with live timestamped quotes ("Data as of Sep 18, 2026 4:15 PM ET")
FactSet Investor Relations Solutionsimplicit context FactSet Investor Relations Solutions may benefit from pre-existing familiarity among its target audience.

Value props

62Fair

Title, subtitle, hero — do they sell the product's true value?

Collar’s headline vagueInvestor relations for tomorrow's giants.

Working

  • Stat cards give hard numbers: 80%, 30%, 12,000+
  • "Hour instead of a fortnight" is vivid and concrete
  • YC badge adds credibility near the fold

Could improve

  • No subhead — headline alone explains nothing
  • Skyline hero decorates, doesn't demonstrate
  • "Tomorrow's giants" is aspiration, not outcome

CTA

68Fair

Copy, size, verb, cost-feel — does the primary CTA earn the click?

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FactSet Investor Relations Solutions

Problems

  • 'Request' feels gated, not instant
  • no self-serve or product-touch path
  • no secondary lower-commitment option

Information hierarchy

76Fair

Does the design help or inhibit what the page is trying to say?

Information hierarchy annotations on the desktop capture12
  1. Duplicate Request demo — Nav-corner "Request demo" repeats the hero button at similar white-pill weight, splitting attention between two identical CTAs.
  2. Three equal stat cards — "80%", "30%", and "12,000+" carry identical visual weight, so no proof point leads and the eye ping-pongs across the row.

Mobile web

78Fair

The phone experience as a first-class citizen.

Mobile web annotations on the mobile capture123
  1. Header Request demo — Wraps to two lines and clips against the top edge — a desktop pill never re-checked on mobile.
  2. Language selector row — Globe + "English" dropdown crowds the header instead of collapsing into a hamburger menu.
  3. Hero Request demo — Duplicates the header CTA and sits desktop-width instead of near-full-bleed for the thumb.