SilmarilYC P26 landing page report.
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Your landing page’s weakest score is Value props.

Fix Value props

Score over time

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  1. Sep 20, 202665LiveOverall −6 · Value props −16 · Information hierarchy −7Viewing
  2. Apr 19, 202671First tracked report — strongest Mobile web 84, weakest Trust 54View →

Value props

52Fair

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

Silmaril’s headline vagueSILMARILSecurity for agents that self-improves

Working

  • Names the agent-security category
  • Self-improving angle differentiates
  • Logo strip grounds it in real tools

Could improve

  • H1 is just the brand name
  • No threat, number, or outcome named
  • Hero image decorates, shows nothing

Trust

54Fair

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

Silmaril
PromptArmor
Zenity
Invariant Labs
Trust read
Silmaril"Backed by Y Combinator" badge below the hero CTAs
Invariant Labs"Snyk Acquires Invariant Labs to Accelerate Agentic AI Security Innovation" banner with "A snyk Company" logo mark
Lakera"Learning from 1M+ hackers around the world" stat in the ticker below the hero
Prompt SecuritySentinelOne | Prompt Security co-branded header lockup
PromptArmorProtecting over $2 Trillion in market cap for customers from the Fortune 50 to the Am Law 50
ZenityGartner® named Zenity the Company to Beat in AI Agent Governance

CTA

68Fair

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

Silmaril
PromptArmor

Problems

  • sales call = high-cost click
  • no self-serve or lower-lift path
  • small vs. giant hero wordmark
  • secondary CTA is a vague noun

Information hierarchy

71Fair

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

Information hierarchy annotations on the desktop capture1234
  1. September Briefing button — Secondary button sits first in the scan path at near-equal weight, pulling clicks from BOOK A CALL.
  2. Duplicate BOOK A CALL — Nav-corner BOOK A CALL repeats the hero CTA, splitting the single-action focus across two targets.
  3. Hero subheadline — "Security for agents that self-improves" is the only explanation on the fold — too small and vague to carry the whole value prop.
  4. Seven-item nav row — Seven expandable nav items give attention seven exits before the hero pitch even lands.

Mobile web

82Strong

The phone experience as a first-class citizen.

Mobile web annotations on the mobile capture12
  1. Double-decker sticky header — The hamburger and a boxed BOOK A CALL button compete in one crowded top bar, duplicating the hero CTA below.
  2. Clipped logo carousel — The first logo renders as a cut-off "ode" fragment at the fold edge, reading as a rendering bug rather than a marquee.