PaletteYC S26 landing page report.
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Your landing page’s weakest score is Trust.

Fix Trust

Score over time

807060504030Krea 72 on Jul 16 (Live)Krea 72 on Jul 21 (Wayback)Krea 68 on Aug 3 (Wayback)Krea 68 on Aug 16 (Wayback)Krea 64 on Sep 2 (Wayback)Krea 40 on Sep 14 (Wayback)Krea 41 on Sep 27 (Wayback)Runway 45 on Apr 20 (Wayback)Runway 66 on Jun 1 (Wayback)Runway 67 on Jun 16 (Wayback)Runway 42 on Jun 28 (Wayback)Runway 61 on Jul 19 (Wayback)Runway 63 on Sep 22 (Live)Pika 67 on Jun 14 (Wayback)Pika 66 on Jun 28 (Wayback)Pika 70 on Jul 11 (Wayback)Pika 68 on Jul 22 (Wayback)Pika 66 on Aug 10 (Wayback)Pika 64 on Sep 3 (Wayback)Pika 70 on Sep 21 (Live)Luma AI (Dream Machine) 68 on Jul 5 (Wayback)Luma AI (Dream Machine) 66 on Jul 14 (Wayback)Luma AI (Dream Machine) 67 on Jul 26 (Wayback)Luma AI (Dream Machine) 69 on Aug 9 (Wayback)Luma AI (Dream Machine) 68 on Sep 6 (Wayback)Luma AI (Dream Machine) 69 on Sep 19 (Wayback)Luma AI (Dream Machine) 72 on Sep 22 (Live)Flora 68 on Sep 19 (Wayback)Flora 74 on Sep 22 (Live)Palette 60 on Sep 20 (Live)Sep 20

Trust

44Poor

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

Palette
Flora
Runway
Trust read
Palette"BACKED BY" strip with Y Combinator and OpenAI logos (mobile fold)
KreaProduct screenshot of the Krea app interface ("Let's create something") on the monitor
Runway"We partner with the world's leading organizations to advance their industries:" logo strip (Amazon logo visible)
Pikaimplicit context Pika may benefit from pre-existing familiarity among its target audience.
Luma AI (Dream Machine)implicit context Luma AI (Dream Machine) may benefit from pre-existing familiarity among its target audience.
Flora"Trusted by top creatives at" logo wall (Pentagram, MSCHF, Riot Games, WPP, Wayfair, Niantic, Alibaba)

CTA

56Fair

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

Palette
Krea
Pika
Flora
Luma AI (Dream Machine)
Runway

Problems

  • sales-call click feels costly
  • contradicts 'one prompt' self-serve pitch
  • 'Explore' is vague, no payoff
  • no product entry point in hero

Value props

62Fair

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

Palette’s headline undersellsMedia that inspiresYour entire studio in one prompt. From first idea to final output, keep the entire creative workflow in one conversation instead of stitching together separate tools.

Working

  • Subhead names real pain: stitching separate tools
  • "One prompt" is a concrete, memorable mechanism
  • Eyebrow clarifies category: multimodal studio

Could improve

  • H1 is generic; fits any media brand
  • No numbers or proof points in the fold
  • Hero video decorates, doesn't demo the product

Information hierarchy

68Fair

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

Information hierarchy annotations on the desktop capture1234
  1. Book a call CTA — Primary CTA sits bottom-right outside the headline scan path, small against the full-width dark hero.
  2. Rotating headline carousel — The value-prop headline cycles (pager dots show 6 slides), so the core message is transient instead of anchored.
  3. Explore secondary button — Styled at near-equal weight beside 'Book a call', splitting attention at the decision moment.
  4. Log in / Sign up pill — The brightest purple element in the fold is a nav utility, outshining the actual conversion CTA.

Mobile web

72Fair

The phone experience as a first-class citizen.

Mobile web annotations on the mobile capture123
  1. Overlapping headline words — "educates" and "inspires" render stacked on top of each other, making the hero headline unreadable.
  2. Book a call CTA — Primary CTA sits below the first viewport on most phones; visitors must scroll past a long paragraph to reach it.
  3. Header login pill — The "Log in / Sign up" pill crowds the collapsed header and competes with the hamburger for the first tap.