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Dalushttps://dalus.io/

Your landing page’s weakest score is Trust.

How Dalus ranks

  1. 1.Flow Engineering74
  2. 2.Dalus62
  3. 3.Catia Magic / Cameo Systems Modeler (Dassault Systèmes)60
  4. 4.Valispace57
  5. 5.IBM Engineering Rhapsody56
  6. 6.Syndeia (Intercax)55
Fix Trust
62Growth scoreupdated

category scores

Trust32CTA68Value props68Mobile web70Information hierarchy72
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Trust32CTA68Value props68Mobile web70Information hierarchy72

Score over time

90807060504030Flow Engineering 75 on Apr 21 (Wayback)Flow Engineering 76 on May 16 (Wayback)Flow Engineering 75 on Jun 6 (Wayback)Flow Engineering 70 on Aug 4 (Wayback)Flow Engineering 74 on Sep 21 (Live)Valispace 58 on Apr 15 (Wayback)Valispace 56 on May 4 (Wayback)Valispace 60 on May 25 (Wayback)Valispace 59 on Jun 11 (Wayback)Valispace 62 on Jul 17 (Wayback)Valispace 59 on Sep 10 (Wayback)Valispace 57 on Sep 21 (Live)Syndeia (Intercax) 55 on Apr 9 (Wayback)Syndeia (Intercax) 58 on Apr 24 (Wayback)Syndeia (Intercax) 56 on May 14 (Wayback)Syndeia (Intercax) 55 on Jun 14 (Wayback)Syndeia (Intercax) 54 on Jul 8 (Wayback)Syndeia (Intercax) 55 on Aug 13 (Wayback)Syndeia (Intercax) 55 on Sep 21 (Live)Catia Magic / Cameo Systems Modeler (Dassault Systèmes) 37 on May 4 (Wayback)Catia Magic / Cameo Systems Modeler (Dassault Systèmes) 39 on May 17 (Wayback)Catia Magic / Cameo Systems Modeler (Dassault Systèmes) 39 on Jun 1 (Wayback)Catia Magic / Cameo Systems Modeler (Dassault Systèmes) 40 on Jun 14 (Wayback)Catia Magic / Cameo Systems Modeler (Dassault Systèmes) 37 on Jul 12 (Wayback)Catia Magic / Cameo Systems Modeler (Dassault Systèmes) 36 on Jul 27 (Wayback)Catia Magic / Cameo Systems Modeler (Dassault Systèmes) 60 on Sep 21 (Live)IBM Engineering Rhapsody 53 on Sep 7 (Wayback)IBM Engineering Rhapsody 56 on Sep 21 (Live)Dalus 65 on Apr 2 (Wayback)Dalus 66 on Apr 13 (Wayback)Dalus 67 on Jun 4 (Wayback)Dalus 67 on Jun 12 (Wayback)Dalus 68 on Sep 3 (Wayback)Dalus 62 on Sep 21 (Live)Apr 2Apr 13Jun 4Jun 12Sep 3Sep 21
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  1. Sep 21, 202662LiveOverall −6 · Mobile web −16 · Trust −6Viewing
  2. Sep 3, 202668Overall +1 · Mobile web +4 · Information hierarchy −2View →
  3. Jun 12, 202667Trust +3 · Information hierarchy +2View →
  4. Jun 4, 202667Overall +1 · CTA +4 · Value props −2View →
  5. Apr 13, 202666Overall +1 · Information hierarchy +8 · Trust −4View →
  6. Apr 2, 202665First tracked report — strongest Mobile web 80, weakest Trust 38View →

Trust

32Poor

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

Dalus
Flow Engineering
IBM Engineering Rhapsody
Catia Magic / Cameo Systems Modeler (Dassault Systèmes)
Syndeia (Intercax)
Valispace
Trust read
DalusBanner: "The Dalus MCP Connector brings your systems model into Claude, ChatGPT and the tools you already use."
Flow Engineering"Rivian and Volkswagen Group Technologies & Flow Announce 3-Year Strategic Partnership" announcement bar
Valispace"Valispace was acquired by Altium and it is now Requirements Portal." banner
Syndeia (Intercax)Registrations are now open for Digital Thread Conference 2026 (Sep 23-24)
Catia Magic / Cameo Systems Modeler (Dassault Systèmes)Carousel item "2025 Impact Report" alongside "SOLIDWORKS Design, Now Free for Students"
IBM Engineering RhapsodyLatest News item: "IBM and NASA Release Open-Source AI Model to Support Lunar…"

CTA

68Fair

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

Dalus
Flow Engineering

Problems

  • demo click feels like a sales call
  • no self-serve or free path shown
  • no value promised beyond the demo

Value props

68Fair

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

Dalus’s headline sellsAccelerate Hardware System DesignDalus lets teams model system architecture, simulate performance, and manage requirements in an AI-driven, collaborative systems engineering platform.

Working

  • Names the exact audience and job
  • Subhead lists concrete capabilities
  • Outcome verb: accelerate, not features

Could improve

  • Zero numbers or proof points in fold
  • Hero media shows a connection error
  • No emotional hook for the pain solved

Mobile web

70Fair

The phone experience as a first-class citizen.

Mobile web annotations on the mobile capture12
  1. Broken video embed — The demo panel shows a 'We couldn't verify the security of Dalus's connection' error instead of the product video.
  2. Four-line promo banner — The MCP Connector announcement wraps to four lines plus a link, eating the top of the fold before the logo appears.

Information hierarchy

72Fair

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

Information hierarchy annotations on the desktop capture1234
  1. Broken hero video — Black panel shows a connection-security error instead of the product demo, injecting distrust right below the CTA.
  2. Explore workflows banner — Underlined arrow link at the very top pulls first attention to an exit before the value prop is read.
  3. HOW IT WORKS link — Teal text link sits beside the primary button in the same accent color, splitting the action moment.
  4. Duplicate nav demo CTA — Second GET A DEMO in the nav competes at equal saturation with the hero button, diluting a single focal action.

Competitors

inferred from product, audience, and value prop
#1Flow Engineeringflowengineering.com74
#2Dalus62
#3Catia Magic / Cameo Systems Modeler (Dassault Systèmes)3ds.com60 #4Valispacevalispace.com57 #5IBM Engineering Rhapsodyibm.com56 #6Syndeia (Intercax)intercax.com55