Luca IQYC S26 landing page report.
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Score over time

807060504030Intuit ProConnect Tax 41 on Apr 2 (Wayback)Intuit ProConnect Tax 58 on Jun 2 (Wayback)Intuit ProConnect Tax 58 on Jul 1 (Wayback)Intuit ProConnect Tax 63 on Sep 20 (Live)CCH Axcess Tax (Wolters Kluwer) 44 on May 5 (Wayback)CCH Axcess Tax (Wolters Kluwer) 49 on May 27 (Wayback)CCH Axcess Tax (Wolters Kluwer) 44 on Jun 17 (Wayback)Thomson Reuters UltraTax CS 56 on Sep 20 (Live)Filed 62 on Sep 21 (Wayback)Filed 72 on Sep 22 (Live)Black Ore (Tax Autopilot) 58 on Mar 29 (Wayback)Black Ore (Tax Autopilot) 59 on Apr 20 (Wayback)Black Ore (Tax Autopilot) 75 on Apr 28 (Wayback)Black Ore (Tax Autopilot) 68 on Sep 20 (Wayback)Black Ore (Tax Autopilot) 70 on Sep 22 (Live)Luca IQ 62 on Sep 20 (Live)Sep 20

Trust

42Poor

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

Luca IQ
Intuit ProConnect Tax
Filed
Thomson Reuters UltraTax CS
Black Ore (Tax Autopilot)
CCH Axcess Tax (Wolters Kluwer)
Trust read
Luca IQ"Backed by Y Combinator" badge
Intuit ProConnect TaxProduct screenshot of the Intuit Accountant Suite dashboard showing a "Tax overview" table and "Tax prep" workflow panel
CCH Axcess Tax (Wolters Kluwer)"Wolters Kluwer and OpenAI expand enterprise AI collaboration" news banner
Thomson Reuters UltraTax CSRow of real product screenshots showing tax-form software UI and a CoCounsel conversation panel
FiledCustomer logo strip with named CPA firms (DWC, Schwarcz CPA, Stratax, Lagow CPA, Knapp, KSP)
Black Ore (Tax Autopilot)"AI Tax Summit — Recap the Day from Nasdaq Tower" event banner

Value props

62Fair

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

Luca IQ’s headline undersellsFirst Modern Professional Tax Software Made Exclusively for FirmsFrom client intake and tax preparation through e-filing, review, and delivery, Luca IQ helps your firm complete accurate returns without disconnected tools or manual busywork.

Working

  • Subhead maps the full tax workflow
  • Names real pain: disconnected tools
  • Clear audience: firms, not consumers

Could improve

  • 'First Modern' is an empty boast
  • No numbers or proof points in fold
  • Stock photo shows nothing of product

Information hierarchy

68Fair

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

Information hierarchy annotations on the desktop capture123
  1. Headline over busy photo — White serif headline sits directly on mid-tone figures and glass, so contrast varies word by word and legibility drops at a glance.
  2. Join The Waitlist button — White pill blends with the pale photo background and sits at the fold edge, so the sole conversion surface reads quieter than the nav Login button.
  3. Six-item nav row — Platform, Developers, Demo, Blog, Company, and a boxed Login give six equal-weight exits before the waitlist ask on a pre-launch page.

CTA

68Fair

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

Luca IQ
Filed

Problems

  • click yields waiting, not value
  • no demo path from the hero
  • no incentive for joining list

Mobile web

68Fair

The phone experience as a first-class citizen.

Mobile web annotations on the mobile capture123
  1. Join The Waitlist button — Half-width, desktop-proportioned and sitting at the fold's bottom edge instead of full-bleed and safely in view.
  2. Six-line hero headline — Headline barely scaled down from desktop, wrapping into six lines and pushing the CTA to the viewport edge.
  3. Four-line subheadline — Long paragraph stacked under the oversized headline crowds the column and displaces the CTA downward.