SublingualYC W25 landing page report.
← Back to YC W25

Your landing page’s weakest score is CTA.

Fix CTA

Score over time

100806040200LangSmith 64 on May 27 (Wayback)LangSmith 67 on Jun 11 (Wayback)LangSmith 68 on Jun 24 (Wayback)LangSmith 65 on Jul 10 (Wayback)LangSmith 66 on Jul 23 (Wayback)LangSmith 67 on Jul 28 (Live)LangSmith 70 on Aug 9 (Wayback)Langfuse 77 on Sep 3 (Live)Helicone 74 on Jun 15 (Wayback)Helicone 77 on Jun 24 (Wayback)Helicone 76 on Jul 2 (Wayback)Helicone 76 on Jul 20 (Wayback)Helicone 75 on Jul 28 (Wayback)Helicone 76 on Aug 27 (Wayback)Helicone 75 on Sep 20 (Live)Arize Phoenix 66 on Mar 25 (Wayback)Arize Phoenix 58 on Apr 2 (Wayback)Arize Phoenix 55 on Apr 13 (Wayback)Arize Phoenix 57 on Apr 22 (Wayback)Arize Phoenix 56 on May 4 (Wayback)Arize Phoenix 69 on Sep 20 (Live)Braintrust 79 on Mar 24 (Wayback)Braintrust 77 on May 4 (Wayback)Braintrust 78 on Jun 13 (Wayback)Braintrust 77 on Jul 28 (Live)Sublingual 23 on Sep 21 (Live)Sep 21

CTA

15Poor

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

Langfuse
Helicone
LangSmith
Braintrust
Arize Phoenix

Problems

  • no CTA anywhere on the fold
  • no link, button, or input exists
  • YC badge intent has no outlet

Value props

15Poor

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

Sublingual’s headline vagueSublingualY Combinator W25

Working

  • Clean, memorable brand name
  • YC W25 lends credibility

Could improve

  • No statement of what product does
  • No outcome, audience, or numbers
  • No hero image or demo

Mobile web

22Poor

The phone experience as a first-class citizen.

Mobile web annotations on the mobile capture1
  1. Sublingual headline — The wordmark carries no value statement; 'Y Combinator W25' is a credential, not a reason to act.

Information hierarchy

32Poor

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

Information hierarchy annotations on the desktop capture123
  1. Y Combinator subtitle — The only supporting line is a credential, not a value proposition — visitors learn nothing about the product.
  2. Sublingual wordmark — The hero centerpiece has no CTA beneath it, leaving the scan path with no action to land on.
  3. Copyright footer line — The footer sits inside the first viewport, telling visitors the page is finished before it communicates anything.

Trust

32Poor

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

Sublingual
Langfuse
Helicone
Braintrust
Arize Phoenix
LangSmith
Trust read
Sublingual"Y Combinator W25" badge under the wordmark
LangSmith'Interrupt is coming to London & NYC in the fall!' conference banner
LangfuseUsed by 21 of Fortune 50 · 90B+ observations/month · 100,000+ engineers building on Langfuse
Helicone"1000+ AI teams use Helicone to build reliable products" with customer logos (together.ai, QA Wolf)
Arize PhoenixGitHub star badge "Phoenix 11.5k ★" in the navigation
Braintrust"TRUSTED BY THE BEST AI TEAMS" logo wall (Airtable, Notion, Stripe, Instacart, Dropbox, Ramp)