StarSlingYC P25 landing page report.
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StarSlinghttps://starsling.dev/

Your landing page’s weakest score is Trust.

How StarSling ranks

  1. 1.Blacksmith78
  2. 2.Namespace76
  3. 3.StarSling73
  4. 4.WarpBuild73
  5. 5.Depot65
  6. 6.BuildJet50
Fix Trust
73Growth scoreupdated

category scores

Trust54Value props72Information hierarchy78Mobile web78CTA84
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Trust54Value props72Information hierarchy78Mobile web78CTA84

Score over time

908070605040Blacksmith 74 on Jun 30 (Wayback)Blacksmith 74 on Jul 16 (Wayback)Blacksmith 76 on Jul 26 (Wayback)Blacksmith 74 on Aug 9 (Wayback)Blacksmith 73 on Aug 24 (Wayback)Blacksmith 74 on Sep 9 (Wayback)Blacksmith 78 on Sep 22 (Live)Depot 75 on May 14 (Wayback)Depot 74 on Jun 22 (Wayback)Depot 73 on Jul 2 (Wayback)Depot 74 on Jul 17 (Wayback)Depot 73 on Aug 18 (Wayback)Depot 66 on Sep 4 (Wayback)Depot 65 on Sep 21 (Live)Namespace 76 on Jun 9 (Wayback)Namespace 77 on Jun 26 (Wayback)Namespace 74 on Jul 20 (Wayback)Namespace 77 on Aug 6 (Wayback)Namespace 75 on Aug 25 (Wayback)Namespace 76 on Sep 14 (Wayback)Namespace 76 on Sep 22 (Live)WarpBuild 70 on Apr 13 (Wayback)WarpBuild 70 on May 5 (Wayback)WarpBuild 72 on May 30 (Wayback)WarpBuild 73 on Jun 6 (Wayback)WarpBuild 74 on Aug 18 (Wayback)WarpBuild 73 on Sep 1 (Wayback)WarpBuild 73 on Sep 22 (Live)BuildJet 50 on Sep 22 (Live)StarSling 69 on May 11 (Wayback)StarSling 72 on Aug 6 (Wayback)StarSling 73 on Sep 22 (Live)May 11Aug 6Sep 22
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  1. Sep 22, 202673LiveOverall +1 · Mobile web +8 · Information hierarchy −4Viewing
  2. Aug 6, 202672Overall +3 · CTA +12 · Information hierarchy +4View →
  3. May 11, 202669First tracked report — strongest Information hierarchy 78, weakest Trust 52View →

Trust

54Fair

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

StarSling
Blacksmith
Namespace
Trust read
StarSling"Backed by Y Combinator" badge above the headline
Blacksmith"Trusted by 3000+ world-class teams" logo wall (Mercury, Expensify, Supabase, Ashby, Descript, Exa, Chroma, Clerk, UserT
DepotNo visible trust signal identified.
NamespaceCustomer logo strip with Ramp, SpaceX, and ElevenLabs under "JOIN 1,000+ OF THE WORLD'S MOST AMBITIOUS COMPANIES" (mobil
WarpBuildNo credit card required · 2-minute setup
BuildJetLogo strip under "BUILDJET IS TRUSTED BY COMPANIES ALL OVER THE WORLD" showing Google, Amazon, Plex, Prisma, and Grafbas

Value props

72Fair

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

StarSling’s headline undersellsAgent-native CIFast GitHub Actions runners with AI agents that continuously optimize your workflows

Working

  • Subhead names the concrete product
  • "Continuously optimize" hints outcome
  • YC badge + free CTA lower risk

Could improve

  • H1 is insider jargon, no payoff
  • No numbers or proof in the fold
  • Hero orb decorates, shows nothing

Information hierarchy

78Fair

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

Information hierarchy annotations on the desktop capture1234
  1. Review Runners button — Secondary CTA sized and boxed nearly equal to the primary, splitting the click decision.
  2. Read the post banner — Boxed banner button is the first exit visitors see, pulling attention before the hero loads.
  3. Header Get Started link — Duplicate CTA in the nav competes with the hero button instead of reinforcing it.
  4. Continuously optimize link — Underlined link inside the subhead adds an exit path in the middle of the value prop.

Mobile web

78Fair

The phone experience as a first-class citizen.

Mobile web annotations on the mobile capture12
  1. Decorative sphere graphic — Large ornamental sphere pushes the primary CTA below the first viewport.
  2. $3M promo bar — Sticky announcement bar eats top-of-fold space with no conversion CTA on mobile.

CTA

84Strong

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

StarSling
Blacksmith
WarpBuild

Problems

  • 4 words, past 3-word ideal
  • nav says 'Get Started', drops 'Free'

Competitors

inferred from product, audience, and value prop
#1Blacksmithblacksmith.sh78 #2Namespacenamespace.so76
#3StarSling73
#4WarpBuildwarpbuild.com73 #5Depotdepot.dev65 #6BuildJetbuildjet.com50