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Score over time

807060504030Ragie 59 on Feb 9 (Wayback)Ragie 59 on Feb 25 (Wayback)Ragie 59 on Mar 5 (Wayback)Ragie 58 on Apr 15 (Wayback)Ragie 41 on Jul 15 (Wayback)Ragie 43 on Jul 28 (Live)Vectara 73 on Apr 9 (Wayback)Vectara 69 on May 9 (Wayback)Vectara 71 on Jun 7 (Wayback)Vectara 71 on Aug 20 (Wayback)Vectara 72 on Sep 20 (Wayback)Vectara 72 on Sep 22 (Live)Graphlit 65 on Apr 18 (Wayback)Graphlit 65 on Apr 30 (Wayback)Graphlit 56 on Sep 21 (Live)Needle 71 on Sep 22 (Live)Chunkr / Unstructured alternatives — LlamaIndex (LlamaCloud) 68 on May 4 (Wayback)Chunkr / Unstructured alternatives — LlamaIndex (LlamaCloud) 67 on May 22 (Wayback)Chunkr / Unstructured alternatives — LlamaIndex (LlamaCloud) 67 on Jun 5 (Wayback)Chunkr / Unstructured alternatives — LlamaIndex (LlamaCloud) 67 on Jun 18 (Wayback)Chunkr / Unstructured alternatives — LlamaIndex (LlamaCloud) 69 on Jun 30 (Wayback)Chunkr / Unstructured alternatives — LlamaIndex (LlamaCloud) 67 on Jul 11 (Wayback)Chunkr / Unstructured alternatives — LlamaIndex (LlamaCloud) 68 on Jul 28 (Live)Captain 68 on Sep 3 (Wayback)Captain 67 on Sep 22 (Live)Sep 3Sep 22
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  1. Sep 22, 202667LiveOverall −1 · Information hierarchy −4 · Mobile web −4Viewing
  2. Sep 3, 202668First tracked report — strongest Mobile web 82, weakest Trust 42View →

Trust

44Poor

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

Captain
Vectara
Trust read
Captain"[ BACKED AND USED BY ] Y Combinator" badge
RagieNo visible trust signal identified.
VectaraCustomer logo strip featuring Compass, SanDisk, Broadcom, Altera, and VMware below the hero
Graphlit"Need a code sample? Ask our AI assistant" box with SDK tabs (TypeScript, Python, .NET) and concrete example prompts
NeedleSimulated Slack demo in #qualified-leads showing the agent's specific lead research ("B2B fintech, 240 employees... rais
Chunkr / Unstructured alternatives — LlamaIndex (LlamaCloud)GitHub and Discord icons in the header navigation

Information hierarchy

68Fair

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

Information hierarchy annotations on the desktop capture1234
  1. Dual hero CTAs — "Get API key" and "Book a demo" sit at equal size side by side, splitting the primary action into two same-footprint choices.
  2. Duplicate Book a demo — The nav's white "Book a demo" button repeats the hero CTA at higher contrast, pulling the eye away from the conversion block.
  3. Update banner link — The underlined "Up to 39% faster global search" link is the topmost element and routes attention off the page before the headline is read.
  4. Low-contrast Get API key — "Get API key" is dark-blue-on-blue with no border, reading as a disabled panel next to the white "Book a demo" button.

CTA

70Fair

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

Captain
Chunkr / Unstructured alternatives — LlamaIndex (LlamaCloud)

Problems

  • secondary CTA visually dominates
  • low contrast vs blue background
  • nav pushes 'Book a demo' instead

Value props

76Fair

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

Captain’s headline sellsRetrieval your agents can trust.The complete file search platform. Synced with cloud storage, fast and accurate, and optimized for complex retrieval.

Working

  • 'Trust' hits agent-builder anxiety
  • Names buyer and category instantly
  • Subhead grounds it: file search + sync

Could improve

  • No numbers in headline or subhead
  • 'Fast and accurate' is generic filler
  • Hero art decorates, shows no product

Mobile web

78Fair

The phone experience as a first-class citizen.

Mobile web annotations on the mobile capture12
  1. Split CTA bar — Two actions share one bar; 'Get API key' has no button affordance, so the primary tap target is ambiguous.
  2. Update promo bar — Double-decker header: the announcement strip stacks on the nav and shaves the hero before content starts.