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Visit site (opens in a new tab)Reviewed 2 November 202647 issues · 116 checks

This review found 47 issues worth fixing on buildium.com, 17 of them high impact, across 116 checks. The most urgent: reduce unused JavaScript. Your full playbook turns these into prioritised fixes alongside reviews, competitors and channels.

  1. Homepage
  2. Phone render
  3. Links and pages
  4. Google PageSpeed

Google PageSpeed Insights (opens in a new tab), mobile

Real-visitor load time (LCP)75th percentile, phones
2.2 s1.6 sMay 16Oct 312.0 s
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DateReal-visitor load time (LCP)
May 16, 20262.1 s
May 23, 20262.1 s
May 30, 20262.0 s
Jun 6, 20261.9 s
Jun 13, 20261.8 s
Jun 20, 20261.7 s
Jun 27, 20261.7 s
Jul 4, 20261.7 s
Jul 11, 20261.7 s
Jul 18, 20261.7 s
Jul 25, 20261.8 s
Aug 1, 20261.8 s
Aug 8, 20261.8 s
Aug 15, 20261.9 s
Aug 22, 20261.9 s
Aug 29, 20261.9 s
Sep 5, 20262.0 s
Sep 12, 20262.0 s
Sep 19, 20262.0 s
Sep 26, 20262.0 s
Oct 3, 20261.9 s
Oct 10, 20261.9 s
Oct 17, 20261.9 s
Oct 24, 20261.9 s
Oct 31, 20262.0 s
Real-visitor tap response (INP)75th percentile, phones
228 ms163 msMay 16Oct 31212 ms
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DateReal-visitor tap response (INP)
May 16, 2026170 ms
May 23, 2026170 ms
May 30, 2026171 ms
Jun 6, 2026172 ms
Jun 13, 2026175 ms
Jun 20, 2026176 ms
Jun 27, 2026178 ms
Jul 4, 2026183 ms
Jul 11, 2026183 ms
Jul 18, 2026185 ms
Jul 25, 2026185 ms
Aug 1, 2026185 ms
Aug 8, 2026189 ms
Aug 15, 2026190 ms
Aug 22, 2026192 ms
Aug 29, 2026193 ms
Sep 5, 2026199 ms
Sep 12, 2026206 ms
Sep 19, 2026211 ms
Sep 26, 2026216 ms
Oct 3, 2026219 ms
Oct 10, 2026220 ms
Oct 17, 2026220 ms
Oct 24, 2026219 ms
Oct 31, 2026212 ms

Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab): real Chrome visitors over rolling 28-day periods.

One score from every part of this review. How it works

Full-page screenshot of buildium.com (phone) rendered by Google PageSpeed Insights

How it loaded on a phone

  1. buildium.com at 0.8 s0.8 s
  2. buildium.com at 1.6 s1.6 s
  3. buildium.com at 2.4 s2.4 s
  4. buildium.com at 3.2 s3.2 s
  5. buildium.com at 4.0 s4.0 s
  6. buildium.com at 4.8 s4.8 s
  7. buildium.com at 5.5 s5.5 s
  8. buildium.com at 6.3 s6.3 s

buildium.com does not allow embedding, so this is Google's rendering of the page.

Speed

14 to fix34
  • Reduce unused JavaScript

    4.2 s · 830 KiB

    About 830 KiB of JavaScript is downloaded but never used on this page. Google estimates it would make the page about 4.2 s faster on a phone.

  • Use efficient cache lifetimes

    2.5 s · 548 KiB

    21 files are served with short cache lifetimes, so returning visitors download them again (548 KiB).

  • Google Tag Manager adds 2.2 s

    2.2 s

    Google Tag Manager costs a phone 2.2 s of main-thread work and 1.1 MB of downloads while your page loads. That alone is enough to make taps feel slow. Loading it after the page is usable, or only on the pages that need it, takes that off the critical path.

  • Render-blocking requests

    1.7 s

    6 files block the first paint until they finish downloading. Deferring or inlining them could save about 1.7 s.

  • Reduce unused CSS

    1.1 s · 183 KiB

    About 183 KiB of CSS is downloaded but never applied on this page. Google estimates it would make the page about 1.1 s faster on a phone.

  • Mobile performance score: 34

    34/100

    Your mobile performance score is 34. Under 50 is Google's “poor” band: many phone visitors leave before the page is usable.

  • Main-thread work: 8.3 s

    A phone's processor spends 8.3 s on main-thread work while loading, 4.7 s of it running JavaScript. Above 2 s, taps and scrolls feel sluggish.

  • 8 third-party services on the page

    8 third-party services load with your homepage (Google Tag Manager, Facebook and Optanon and others), adding 2.0 MB and 3.6 s of main-thread time.

  • Improve image delivery

    750 KiB

    5 images could be 750 KiB smaller with modern formats (WebP or AVIF) and sizes that fit a phone screen.

  • 20 long tasks on the main thread

    20 long tasks block the main thread while loading, the longest for 539 ms. During a long task the page ignores taps.

  • Facebook adds 391 ms

    391 ms

    Facebook costs a phone 391 ms of main-thread work and 211 KiB of downloads while your page loads. Loading it after the page is usable, or only on the pages that need it, takes that off the critical path.

  • Optanon adds 351 ms

    351 ms

    Optanon costs a phone 351 ms of main-thread work and 225 KiB of downloads while your page loads. Loading it after the page is usable, or only on the pages that need it, takes that off the critical path.

  • Optimizely adds 258 ms

    258 ms

    Optimizely costs a phone 258 ms of main-thread work and 123 KiB of downloads while your page loads. Loading it after the page is usable, or only on the pages that need it, takes that off the critical path.

  • leadoo.com adds 208 ms

    208 ms

    leadoo.com costs a phone 208 ms of main-thread work and 303 KiB of downloads while your page loads. Loading it after the page is usable, or only on the pages that need it, takes that off the critical path.

  • Legacy JavaScript

    150 ms · 61 KiB

    Polyfills for old browsers add 61 KiB JavaScript that modern phones do not need. Google estimates it would make the page about 150 ms faster on a phone.

  • Chained critical requests

    Critical files load one after another instead of in parallel (3 chains). Preconnecting to key origins and preloading the hero image shortens the chain.

  • Forced reflow

    Scripts make the browser recalculate the layout repeatedly while the page loads, which wastes processor time on phones.

  • Minify CSS

    4 KiB

    4 KiB could be saved by minifying CSS.

1 checks passed
  • Server response: 24 ms

    24 ms

    Your server sent the HTML in 24 ms, well inside Google's 600 ms guideline.

Core Web Vitals

10 to fix67
  • Fails Core Web Vitals for real visitors

    Real Chrome users on phones do not pass Google's Core Web Vitals on this page (28-day field data from the Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab)). Google uses this in ranking.

  • Largest Contentful Paint: 20.9 s

    20.9 s

    Your largest element takes 20.9 s to render on a phone. Google's threshold for “good” is 2.5 s. The largest element is the text “Start your free trial today It takes just 30 seconds. No cr…”.

  • Time to Interactive: 22.6 s

    22.6 s

    The page becomes fully interactive after 22.6 s. Good is under 3.8 s.

  • Total Blocking Time: 3.1 s

    3.1 s

    Scripts block taps and scrolling for 3.1 s in total while the page loads. Good is under 200 ms.

  • Speed Index: 8.4 s

    8.4 s

    Visually, the page fills in at 8.4 s (Speed Index). Good is under 3.4 s.

  • Real-user INP: 216 ms

    216 ms

    Real visitors wait 216 ms for the page to respond to a tap (75th percentile). Good is under 200 ms.

  • Tap response (INP) got 27% slower for real visitors

    +27%

    Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-10-31, real Chrome visitors' tap response (inp) went from 170 ms to 212 ms at the 75th percentile (Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab) history).

  • Real-user TTFB: 1.1 s

    1.1 s

    Real visitors wait 1.1 s for your server to start answering (75th percentile). Good is under 800 ms.

  • First Contentful Paint: 2.6 s

    2.6 s

    The first text or image appears after 2.6 s on a phone. Good is under 1.8 s.

  • 6 images without width and height

    6 images have no width and height attributes, so the layout jumps as each one loads.

  • Largest content (LCP) held steady for real visitors

    -9%

    Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-10-31, real Chrome visitors' largest content (lcp) went from 2.1 s to 2.0 s at the 75th percentile (Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab) history).

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  • Real-user LCP: 2.0 s

    2.0 s

    Real visitors wait 2.0 s for the largest content to appear (75th percentile). Good is under 2.5 s.

  • Real-user CLS: 0.03

    0.03

    For real visitors the layout shifts by 0.03 (75th percentile). Good is under 0.1.

  • Real-user FCP: 1.8 s

    1.8 s

    Real visitors see the first content after 1.8 s (75th percentile). Good is under 1.8 s.

  • Cumulative Layout Shift: 0.004

    0.004

    The layout barely moves while loading (CLS 0.004, good is under 0.1).

Images and page weight

2 to fix75
  • Page weight: 3.6 MB in 127 requests

    3.6 MB

    Your homepage downloads 3.6 MB in 127 requests on a phone: scripts 2.1 MB (38), images 921 KiB (18) and fonts 308 KiB (8). Under 2 MB keeps phones on slow connections fast.

  • 1 image far larger than shown

    231 KiB

    1 image is downloaded at several times the size a phone draws it, for example homepage-dash-mobile-v4.png at 2,364 px wide, shown at 360 px. Resized copies would save about 231 KiB.

  • About 1.0 g of CO₂ per visit

    1.03 g

    By the Sustainable Web Design model, a visit to your homepage emits about 1.03 g of CO₂e: 124.0 kg a year at 10,000 visits a month. It scales with page weight, so every byte cut lowers it.

2 checks passed
  • Images use modern formats

    Every sizeable image is WebP, AVIF or SVG.

  • Images load when needed

    Images below the first screen wait until the visitor scrolls to them.

Accessibility

9 to fixGoogle 8486
  • Invalid ARIA attributes

    1 element use ARIA attributes their role does not allow, which confuses screen readers.

  • 35 text elements with low contrast

    35 text elements don't have enough contrast against the background to read easily, especially outdoors on a phone.

  • Form elements should have a visible label (1 element)

    Form elements should have a visible label: 1 element on the page fails this check, rated serious by axe-core.

  • 21 images without alt text

    21 images have no alt text, which hurts accessibility and image search.

  • All page content should be contained by landmarks (60 elements)

    All page content should be contained by landmarks: 60 elements on the page fail this check, rated moderate by axe-core.

  • No main landmark

    The page has no <main> landmark, so screen-reader users cannot jump straight to the content.

  • Landmarks should have a unique role or role/label/title (i.e. accessible name) combination (1 element)

    Landmarks should have a unique role or role/label/title (i.e. accessible name) combination: 1 element on the page fails this check, rated moderate by axe-core.

  • 3 form fields without a label

    3 form fields have no label, so screen readers announce an empty box and autofill guesses.

  • 2 links without text

    2 visible links have no text or label, so screen readers cannot say where they go.

1 checks passed
  • 39 automated accessibility rules passed

    axe-core 4.13.0, the open-source engine behind most accessibility testing tools, ran 47 WCAG 2.2 A/AA and best-practice rules on the phone render: 39 passed and 8 failed. 1 more need a person to judge. Automated rules catch about a third of accessibility problems; the rest need manual testing.

SEO

3 to fixGoogle 7792
  • Structured data has 1 problem

    Structured data found (FAQPage, Organization, SoftwareApplication and WebPage) but with 1 problem, for example “SoftwareApplication: no offers (price) block”.

  • 3 links with vague text

    3 links use generic text like “click here” or “learn more”, which tells Google nothing about the page behind them.

  • 1 link crawlers can't follow

    1 link has no real href, so search engines can't follow it.

  • 106 internal links, 34 external

    The homepage links to 106 pages on buildium.com and 34 external pages.

7 checks passed
  • Meta description: 160 characters

    Your meta description is 160 characters: “Property management software built to keep property managers ahead of what's next. Control day-to-day tasks, offer top …”.

  • One H1 headline

    Your main headline reads: “PROPERTY MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE”.

  • Title: 38 characters

    Your title is a healthy 38 characters: “Buildium: Property Management Software”.

  • Canonical URL set

    The canonical URL is https://www.buildium.com/.

  • Open Graph tags complete

    Open Graph tags are complete, so shared links show a title, description and image.

  • robots.txt in place

    robots.txt is in place and points crawlers to your sitemap.

  • XML sitemap found

    Your XML sitemap is reachable at https://www.buildium.com/sitemap_index.xml.

AI search readiness

100
  • No llms.txt

    There is no /llms.txt, a short Markdown guide to your key pages for AI tools (llmstxt.org). It is optional and few AI tools read it yet, so treat it as a cheap extra.

3 checks passed
  • AI answer engines may read the site

    Your robots.txt lets the crawlers behind ChatGPT search, Claude and Perplexity read the site and cite it in answers.

  • Organization data: 4 of 6 facts

    Your Organization JSON-LD gives name, url, logo and description; sameAs (social profiles) and contact details would complete it.

  • Text is in the HTML

    Your server sends the page's text in the HTML (3,236 words), so crawlers that don't run JavaScript still read it.

Other pages

1 to fix95
  • 1 page without an H1

    /request-demo has no <h1> headline, so visitors and search engines get no clear main topic.

  • 1 page with very little text

    /request-demo has under 150 words in the HTML. Thin pages rarely rank; if the text loads with JavaScript, crawlers that don't run it see even less.

  • 15 internal pages checked

    We fetched 15 pages linked from your homepage (of 58 found) and read each the way a search engine does.

6 checks passed
  • Linked pages load

    All 15 pages we checked loaded without an error.

  • Canonical URLs point to themselves

    No page we checked hands its ranking to a different URL.

  • Every page has a meta description

    All 15 pages that loaded have a meta description.

  • Titles are unique

    Every page we checked has its own title.

  • No linked page is hidden from search

    None of the pages we checked carries a noindex tag.

  • Every page has a title

    All 15 pages that loaded have a <title>.

Best practices

3 to fixGoogle 7776
  • 10 broken images

    10 images failed to load on a phone, for example https://www.buildium.com/.

  • 3 small tap targets

    3 of 10 tappable elements near the top of the page are smaller than 24 px, hard to hit with a thumb.

  • 1 third-party cookie

    1 third-party cookie is set on load; browsers are restricting these, so whatever relies on them breaks.

  • Browser-reported issues

    Chrome logged issues while loading the page (“Cookie”).

2 checks passed
  • No console errors

    No JavaScript errors were logged while the page loaded on a phone.

  • Mobile viewport set

    The page declares a mobile viewport.

Security and trust

2 to fix88
  • No HSTS header

    No Strict-Transport-Security header, so browsers may still try plain http first on a return visit.

  • No Content-Security-Policy

    No Content-Security-Policy header, the main browser-side defence against injected scripts.

  • No X-Content-Type-Options

    X-Content-Type-Options: nosniff is missing, so browsers may guess file types.

  • No Referrer-Policy

    No Referrer-Policy header, so full URLs can leak to the sites you link to.

  • No Permissions-Policy

    No Permissions-Policy header to switch off camera, microphone and location for embedded content.

  • Deprecated X-XSS-Protection

    X-XSS-Protection is set to “1; mode=block”; the header is deprecated and can introduce bugs. Use 0 or remove it.

  • No security.txt

    There is no /.well-known/security.txt telling researchers how to report a security problem to you.

6 checks passed
  • Served over HTTPS

    The homepage is served over HTTPS (buildium.com).

  • Valid certificate (50 days left)

    The certificate from Google Trust Services · WE1 verifies for buildium.com and is valid for another 50 days.

  • Protected from clickjacking

    X-Frame-Options or a frame-ancestors policy stops other sites framing yours.

  • http:// redirects to https

    http://buildium.com redirects to the secure version.

  • HTTP/2 and HTTP/3

    The server speaks HTTP/2 and advertises HTTP/3, so browsers load many files over one connection.

  • All 60 links work

    All 60 links checked from your homepage (40 internal, 20 external) answered without errors.

Domain and trust

  • No CAA record

    buildium.com has no CAA record, so any certificate authority may issue a certificate for it. A CAA record naming your provider (for example letsencrypt.org) closes that door.

  • DNSSEC is off

    buildium.com's DNS answers are not signed. DNSSEC stops attackers forging them to send visitors or email elsewhere; most registrars switch it on in a click, though most sites still run without it.

2 checks passed
  • Domain is 22 years old

    22 years

    buildium.com was registered in May 2004 through GoDaddy.com, LLC. An established domain carries more trust with email providers and search engines.

  • Registered until May 2027

    buildium.com is registered until May 2027.

Content and conversion

2 to fix89
  • Local business without LocalBusiness data

    Your homepage shows a street address but no LocalBusiness JSON-LD, so Google and AI assistants have to guess your address, hours and phone from the page text.

  • No direct contact details

    No phone number or email link on the homepage, so ready-to-buy visitors have one fewer way to reach you.

  • No opening hours

    The homepage shows no opening hours. If customers visit or call, show when.

  • No map or directions link

    There is no link to Google or Apple Maps. A directions link is one tap for a phone visitor.

  • About 1,319 words of copy

    The homepage carries about 1,319 words of visible text.

7 checks passed
  • Clear next step on the first screen

    On a phone, the first screen shows a clear next step: “Schedule a Demo” and “START FREE TRIAL”.

  • 23 calls to action

    The homepage has 23 calls to action, for example “Schedule a Demo”, “Pricing” and “Buy now”.

  • 3 short forms

    3 short forms (3 fields at most) are right on the homepage, asking for an email.

  • Social proof on the page

    Social proof on the homepage: 1 testimonial or review block and 3 trust badges.

  • Analytics in place

    Analytics detected: Google Tag Manager, Microsoft Clarity, Hotjar and Heap.

  • Phone number on the homepage

    Your phone number is on the homepage.

  • Risk reducer mentioned

    A guarantee or risk reducer (money-back, free trial, no credit card or similar) is mentioned on the page.

Email authentication

1 to fix70
  • DMARC is monitor-only (p=none)

    DMARC is set to p=none, so mail pretending to be buildium.com is still delivered. Reports are on, so moving to quarantine is the next step.

  • Email authentication score: 70/100

    Email authentication: SPF record 25 points, plus 15 when it ends in -all (10 for ~all); DMARC record 25, plus 25 for a reject policy (15 for quarantine); a DKIM key on a common selector 10.

2 checks passed
  • SPF in place (~all)

    An SPF record lists your sending servers and marks other mail as suspicious (~all): “v=spf1 include:sendgrid.net include:mktomail.com include:spf.sendinblue.com include:zgateway.zuora.com include:_spf.goo…”.

  • DKIM signing found

    A DKIM key is published (selector “selector1”, “s1” and “s2”), so receivers can verify mail really came from you.

Privacy and tracking

  • 1 tracker load before any consent

    1

    Before a visitor clicks anything, the page loads Google Tag Manager (measured from a US location before any click). A consent tool (OneTrust) is installed; check it blocks these until visitors agree where the law requires it.

  • 7 cookies set on arrival

    7

    Opening the homepage sets 7 cookies (measured from a US location before any click).

  • 6 other companies contacted

    Loading the homepage contacts 6 hosts run by other companies (fonts, scripts, analytics, ads), each of which sees the visitor's IP address.

1 checks passed
  • Consent tool: OneTrust

    A consent management tool (OneTrust) loads with the page.

Upkeep, stack and company

  • It runs WordPress 6.4.3; the current release is 7.1.4.
  • 1 plugin is behind its latest release.wp-smushit 4.2.0 → 4.3.5

Stack

CMS
WordPress 6.4.3
Framework
jQuery
Analytics
Google Tag Manager | Hotjar | Heap | Microsoft Clarity
Hosting
Cloudflare

Hiring

Hiring
1 open role
Job board
smartrecruiters

Company

Founded
2004
Headquarters
Boston

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