PromptlessYC W25 landing page report.
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Your landing page’s weakest score is Mobile web.

How Promptless ranks

  1. 1.GitBook76
  2. 2.Mintlify73
  3. 3.ReadMe73
  4. 4.Fern67
  5. 5.Promptless63
Fix Mobile web
63Growth scoreupdated

category scores

Mobile web44CTA62Trust62Information hierarchy68Value props78
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Mobile web44CTA62Trust62Information hierarchy68Value props78

Score over time

908070605040Mintlify 73 on May 27 (Wayback)Mintlify 69 on Jun 10 (Wayback)Mintlify 70 on Jun 24 (Wayback)Mintlify 70 on Jul 9 (Wayback)Mintlify 74 on Jul 27 (Wayback)Mintlify 74 on Aug 6 (Wayback)Mintlify 73 on Aug 19 (Live)GitBook 64 on May 26 (Wayback)GitBook 47 on Jun 9 (Wayback)GitBook 52 on Jun 24 (Wayback)GitBook 75 on Jul 9 (Wayback)GitBook 75 on Jul 23 (Wayback)GitBook 73 on Aug 6 (Wayback)GitBook 76 on Aug 19 (Live)Fern 80 on Mar 20 (Wayback)Fern 79 on Mar 28 (Wayback)Fern 79 on Apr 20 (Wayback)Fern 80 on Apr 28 (Wayback)Fern 80 on May 13 (Wayback)Fern 61 on Jun 9 (Wayback)Fern 67 on Aug 19 (Live)ReadMe 50 on Mar 5 (Wayback)ReadMe 62 on Mar 20 (Wayback)ReadMe 61 on Apr 1 (Wayback)ReadMe 62 on Apr 17 (Wayback)ReadMe 60 on Apr 29 (Wayback)ReadMe 73 on Aug 19 (Live)Promptless 66 on Apr 21 (Wayback)Promptless 69 on May 16 (Wayback)Promptless 70 on Jun 4 (Wayback)Promptless 69 on Jun 17 (Wayback)Promptless 70 on Jul 20 (Wayback)Promptless 67 on Aug 28 (Wayback)Promptless 63 on Sep 20 (Live)Apr 21May 16Jun 4Jun 17Jul 20Aug 28Sep 20
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  1. Sep 20, 202663LiveOverall −4 · Mobile web −20 · Trust +14Viewing
  2. Aug 28, 202667Overall −3 · Trust −28 · Mobile web +6View →
  3. Jul 20, 202670Overall +1 · Mobile web +6 · CTA +4View →
  4. Jun 17, 202669Overall −1 · CTA −4 · Information hierarchy +2View →
  5. Jun 4, 202670Overall +1 · Mobile web +2View →
  6. May 16, 202669Overall +3 · Trust +14 · Mobile web −6View →
  7. Apr 21, 202666First tracked report — strongest Value props 78, weakest Mobile web 58View →

Mobile web

44Poor

The phone experience as a first-class citizen.

Mobile web annotations on the mobile capture1234
  1. Body copy overflows viewport — The subhead "Promptless suggests doc updates when Promptless…" is clipped at the right edge — text is not wrapping to the phone column.
  2. Get a demo button clipped — The primary CTA runs off the right edge, showing only "Get a d…" — the form row did not stack for mobile.
  3. Integration icon row clipped — The toolchain logo strip overflows the viewport with an icon cut in half at the right edge and an orphan icon wrapping below.
  4. Two-row toggle eats fold — The "for customer-facing docs / for agent instructions" segmented control stacks into a tall block that pushes the headline down.

CTA

62Fair

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

Promptless
GitBook
Build site
ReadMein-product action
Mintlify
Fern

Problems

  • demo ask feels costly
  • conflicts with 'Start for free' nav
  • email field gates the click
  • no payoff copy on email input

Trust

62Fair

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

Trust read
PromptlessTestimonial: "Promptless dramatically speeds up my time-to-first-draft… my team literally calls me a 10x tech writer." —
MintlifyDetailed real product screenshot of the Mintlify docs UI showing the "Quickstart Guide" ('Start building intelligent doc
GitBookEmbedded product demo of a live GitBook docs site ("Welcome to Acme" with sidebar nav, search, and Ask AI)
FernRealistic docs product demo with "Create Agent" API reference and TypeScript code sample
ReadMeEmbedded live docs UI with Guides, Recipes, API Reference, Changelog, Discussions tabs

Information hierarchy

68Fair

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

Information hierarchy annotations on the desktop capture1234
  1. Three competing CTAs — "Start for free" fights the header and hero "Get a demo" buttons for the same click, splitting intent three ways.
  2. Six-link nav row — Home, Pricing, Docs, Blog, Changelog, and Free tools all offer exits before the visitor reaches the headline.
  3. Faded testimonial column — Cards are dimmed and cropped mid-sentence, so credible proof (Runpod quote) reads as broken placeholder content.
  4. Underlined benefit links — Dotted underlines make "Follows Promptless's style guide" and siblings look clickable, adding three more exits mid-pitch.

Value props

78Fair

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

Promptless’s headline sellsWrite the docs. Skip the busywork.Promptless suggests doc updates when your product changes. You review, edit, and ship.

Working

  • Names the pain: doc busywork
  • Subhead explains the mechanism
  • Proof points add concrete features

Could improve

  • No numbers anywhere in the fold
  • Hero shows testimonials, not product
  • '10x' quote buried in side column

Competitors

inferred from product, audience, and value prop
#1GitBookgitbook.com76 #2Mintlifymintlify.com73 #3ReadMereadme.com73 #4Fernbuildwithfern.com67
#5Promptless63