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Score over time

7060504030Aeries SIS 43 on Jun 4 (Wayback)Aeries SIS 39 on Jun 17 (Wayback)Aeries SIS 44 on Jul 20 (Wayback)Aeries SIS 43 on Jul 29 (Wayback)Aeries SIS 54 on Aug 13 (Wayback)Aeries SIS 59 on Aug 28 (Wayback)Aeries SIS 53 on Sep 20 (Live)Infinite Campus 51 on Apr 27 (Wayback)Infinite Campus 50 on May 27 (Wayback)Infinite Campus 50 on Jun 16 (Wayback)Infinite Campus 49 on Aug 11 (Wayback)Infinite Campus 48 on Aug 21 (Wayback)Infinite Campus 56 on Sep 20 (Live)PowerSchool SIS 55 on Apr 20 (Wayback)PowerSchool SIS 57 on May 18 (Wayback)PowerSchool SIS 56 on Jul 15 (Wayback)PowerSchool SIS 56 on Jul 31 (Wayback)PowerSchool SIS 56 on Aug 8 (Wayback)PowerSchool SIS 58 on Aug 31 (Wayback)PowerSchool SIS 55 on Sep 20 (Live)SchoolPathways 58 on Apr 2 (Wayback)SchoolPathways 64 on Apr 11 (Wayback)SchoolPathways 66 on Apr 21 (Wayback)SchoolPathways 65 on May 4 (Wayback)SchoolPathways 66 on Aug 10 (Wayback)SchoolPathways 64 on Sep 20 (Live)Skyward 57 on May 8 (Wayback)Skyward 57 on May 19 (Wayback)Skyward 53 on Jun 9 (Wayback)Skyward 55 on Jun 16 (Wayback)Skyward 57 on Jul 1 (Wayback)Skyward 55 on Jul 30 (Wayback)Skyward 60 on Sep 20 (Live)Scout 42 on Jun 10 (Wayback)Scout 62 on Sep 20 (Live)Jun 10Sep 20
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  1. Sep 20, 202662LiveOverall +20 · Value props +40 · Mobile web +28Viewing
  2. Jun 10, 202642First tracked report — strongest CTA 54, weakest Value props 22View →

Trust

42Poor

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

Scout
PowerSchool SIS
Skyward
Trust read
Scout"🐻 for California and Oregon schools and districts" audience badge
Aeries SIS"has helped K-12 districts support student success and streamline daily operations for 30 years"
Infinite Campusimplicit context Infinite Campus may benefit from pre-existing familiarity among its target audience.
PowerSchool SISunifying education ecosystems for over 60 million students in 90 countries
SchoolPathwaysNo visible trust signal identified.
Skyward"Thinking about Migrating to Qmlativ? Hear from 7 districts that did" case-study card

CTA

62Fair

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

Scout
SchoolPathways

Problems

  • 'Learn more' promises info, not value
  • competes with 'Schedule a demo' x3
  • ghost style weak on busy background
  • two different actions split focus

Value props

62Fair

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

Scout’s headline undersellsThe SIS for innovators.Scout is the agentic student information system that expands your operational capacity to support students in their unique, self-paced learning journeys.

Working

  • Names the category (SIS) instantly
  • Audience badge: CA and OR districts
  • Subhead names a real differentiator

Could improve

  • Headline could caption any SIS
  • No numbers or proof points
  • Hero art decorates, not demonstrates

Information hierarchy

68Fair

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

Information hierarchy annotations on the desktop capture1234
  1. Learn more hero CTA — Ghost-outline 'Learn more' is the hero's only action and it points away from the demo conversion, splitting intent with the two 'Schedule a demo' buttons above it.
  2. Duplicate demo CTAs — Banner 'Schedule a demo' and the nav's outlined twin sit at equal weight, so no single primary action wins the one-second scan.
  3. Six-link nav row — Platform through Contact offers six equal-weight exits before the visitor reaches the headline or a conversion action.
  4. Low-contrast subtitle text — White paragraph text over the mottled sky/cloud area drops legibility right where the value prop is explained.

Mobile web

76Fair

The phone experience as a first-class citizen.

Mobile web annotations on the mobile capture123
  1. Announcement banner — The Oregon promo bar stacks three rows tall and eats the top ~13% of the mobile viewport before the logo appears.
  2. Learn more CTA — Weak informational label and outlined ghost styling over the busy landscape image make the primary action low-contrast and undersized for thumbs.
  3. Schedule a demo button — The banner's demo button competes with the hero's 'Learn more', splitting the visitor's first tap between two actions.