TorusYC S26 landing page report.
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Torushttps://www.usetorus.com/

Your landing page’s weakest score is Trust.

How Torus ranks

  1. 1.Torus73
  2. 2.Kognitos... wait38
Fix Trust
73Growth scoreupdated

category scores

Trust48CTA72Value props74Information hierarchy84Mobile web86
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Trust48CTA72Value props74Information hierarchy84Mobile web86

Trust

48Poor

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

Trust read
Torus"BACKED BY Y COMBINATOR" badge below the Request a Pilot CTA
Kognitos... waitNo visible trust signal identified.

CTA

72Fair

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

Torus

Problems

  • 'Request' feels like joining a queue
  • 'Pilot' implies sales process, not value
  • no payoff or timeframe implied

Value props

74Fair

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

Torus’s headline sellsAgents that think in P&IDs, HMBs, and spec sheets.Torus's AI agents understand every parameter across your specs, drawings, and datasheets. They cross-reference every detail and adapt to how your firm works.

Working

  • Domain nouns (P&IDs, HMBs) qualify the audience fast
  • Eyebrow names the market: capital projects
  • YC badge adds credibility proof

Could improve

  • No outcome or metric named anywhere
  • Torus graphic decorates, doesn't demo
  • Subhead states capability, not payoff

Information hierarchy

84Strong

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

Information hierarchy annotations on the desktop capture1234
  1. Duplicate header CTA — Second REQUEST A PILOT in the header splits attention from the hero button and pulls the eye to the top-right corner.
  2. Hero pilot button — The primary action is smaller and less prominent than the headline's orange 'spec sheets' link styling, so the scan path ends on text, not the CTA.
  3. DARK theme toggle — A boxed utility control styled at near-button weight sits beside the CTA row and adds a competing click target.
  4. Underlined headline terms — P&IDs, HMBs, and spec sheets read as links, inviting exploratory clicks before the visitor reaches the pilot request.

Mobile web

86Strong

The phone experience as a first-class citizen.

Mobile web annotations on the mobile capture12
  1. Supporting body paragraph — Four full-width lines push the primary CTA to the bottom edge of the first viewport.
  2. Dark mode toggle — A boxed utility control sits next to the hamburger, competing with the menu for header attention.

Competitors

inferred from product, audience, and value prop
#1Torus73
#2Kognitos... waitexample.com38