Dedalus LabsYC S25 landing page report.
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Your landing page’s weakest score is Trust.

How Dedalus Labs ranks

  1. 1.Daytona81
  2. 2.E2B80
  3. 3.Modal76
  4. 4.Dedalus Labs66
  5. 5.Morph Cloud55
  6. 6.Scrapybara48
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Score over time

908070605040E2B 80 on May 10 (Wayback)E2B 80 on May 22 (Wayback)E2B 79 on Jun 4 (Wayback)E2B 79 on Jun 16 (Wayback)E2B 79 on Jul 3 (Wayback)E2B 79 on Jul 18 (Wayback)E2B 80 on Jul 31 (Live)Daytona 80 on May 2 (Wayback)Daytona 80 on May 21 (Wayback)Daytona 76 on Jul 1 (Wayback)Daytona 80 on Jul 15 (Wayback)Daytona 79 on Aug 23 (Wayback)Daytona 79 on Sep 3 (Wayback)Daytona 81 on Sep 21 (Live)Modal 75 on Jun 28 (Wayback)Modal 76 on Jul 11 (Wayback)Modal 77 on Jul 25 (Wayback)Modal 76 on Aug 7 (Wayback)Modal 76 on Aug 24 (Wayback)Modal 75 on Sep 8 (Wayback)Modal 76 on Sep 20 (Live)Morph Cloud 55 on Sep 20 (Live)Scrapybara 70 on Apr 13 (Wayback)Scrapybara 71 on May 14 (Wayback)Scrapybara 69 on Jun 13 (Wayback)Scrapybara 70 on Jul 10 (Wayback)Scrapybara 70 on Jul 27 (Wayback)Scrapybara 48 on Sep 21 (Live)Dedalus Labs 70 on Apr 1 (Wayback)Dedalus Labs 70 on Apr 15 (Wayback)Dedalus Labs 72 on Jun 5 (Wayback)Dedalus Labs 71 on Jun 24 (Wayback)Dedalus Labs 71 on Jul 6 (Wayback)Dedalus Labs 66 on Sep 22 (Live)Apr 1Apr 15Jun 5Jun 24Jul 6Sep 22
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  1. Sep 22, 202666LiveOverall −5 · Value props −24 · Information hierarchy +4Viewing
  2. Jul 6, 202671Information hierarchy −4 · Mobile web +3View →
  3. Jun 24, 202671Overall −1 · Trust −4 · Mobile web +3View →
  4. Jun 5, 202672Overall +2 · Information hierarchy +8 · CTA +6View →
  5. Apr 15, 202670Value props +12 · CTA −10View →
  6. Apr 1, 202670First tracked report — strongest Information hierarchy 74, weakest Trust 56View →

Trust

48Poor

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

Dedalus Labs
Daytona
Modal
Trust read
Dedalus Labs"Backed by Y Combinator" badge
E2Bimplicit context E2B may benefit from pre-existing familiarity among its target audience.
DaytonaLogo strip "Agents at these companies use Daytona" with Meta, Cohere, SambaNova, and Writer logos and Case Study links
ModalCustomer logo strip featuring Ramp, Quora, DoorDash, Suno, Cognition, Runway, Substack, PostHog
Morph Cloud"one-click VSCode SSH, tmux automation, live previews, and serverless scale-to-zero" feature copy in the Morph Devboxes
ScrapybaraNo visible trust signal identified.

Value props

58Fair

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

Dedalus Labs’s headline undersellsThe Fastest Persistent Computer for Agents

Working

  • Names the audience: agents
  • "Persistent" is a real differentiator
  • curl install shows instant onboarding

Could improve

  • No subhead explaining the claim
  • "Fastest" has zero numbers behind it
  • Empty fold — no demo or benchmark proof

CTA

62Fair

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

Dedalus Labs
Daytona
E2B
Modal

Problems

  • promises a queue, not product value
  • contradicts curl install shown below
  • nav says 'Sign Up', hero says waitlist
  • no payoff or benefit in the label

Information hierarchy

76Fair

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

Information hierarchy annotations on the desktop capture1234
  1. Sign Up header button — Solid purple matches the primary CTA's weight and splits the conversion path between Sign Up and Join waitlist.
  2. Header nav links — Pricing, Blog, Docs plus Log in stack five exits above the hero before the visitor reaches Join waitlist.
  3. Secondary Docs button — Same footprint as Join waitlist beside it, halving the primary CTA's visual claim; Docs already lives in the nav.
  4. Lilac headline words — 'Persistent Computer' — the differentiator — is the lowest-contrast text in the headline and reads as de-emphasized.

Mobile web

86Strong

The phone experience as a first-class citizen.

Mobile web annotations on the mobile capture123
  1. Announcement bar — Second sticky header row eats fold height and pushes the hero and CTA down.
  2. Truncated curl command — Install command clips to an ellipsis, so visitors cannot read or verify what they copy.
  3. Wrapped headline lines — "Persistent Computer" breaks into two tall lines, stretching the hero and delaying the CTA.

Competitors

inferred from product, audience, and value prop