Website review, no card needed

rescale.com logo

rescale.com website review

Visit site (opens in a new tab)Reviewed 4 November 202647 issues · 116 checks

This review found 47 issues worth fixing on rescale.com, 16 of them high impact, across 116 checks. The most urgent: render-blocking requests. 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
8.1 s4.9 sMay 16Oct 316.2 s
Show as table
DateReal-visitor load time (LCP)
May 16, 20265.7 s
May 23, 20265.7 s
May 30, 20265.7 s
Jun 6, 20265.4 s
Jun 13, 20265.2 s
Jun 20, 20265.4 s
Jun 27, 20266.1 s
Jul 4, 20266.6 s
Jul 11, 20266.9 s
Jul 18, 20267.1 s
Jul 25, 20267.5 s
Aug 1, 20267.6 s
Aug 8, 20267.8 s
Aug 15, 20267.7 s
Aug 22, 20267.4 s
Aug 29, 20267.3 s
Sep 5, 20267.0 s
Sep 12, 20266.8 s
Sep 19, 20266.8 s
Sep 26, 20266.8 s
Oct 3, 20266.8 s
Oct 10, 20266.6 s
Oct 17, 20266.4 s
Oct 24, 20266.3 s
Oct 31, 20266.2 s
Real-visitor tap response (INP)75th percentile, phones
250 ms135 msMay 16Oct 31219 ms
Show as table
DateReal-visitor tap response (INP)
May 16, 2026186 ms
May 23, 2026180 ms
May 30, 2026177 ms
Jun 6, 2026162 ms
Jun 13, 2026148 ms
Jun 20, 2026157 ms
Jun 27, 2026205 ms
Jul 4, 2026228 ms
Jul 11, 2026236 ms
Jul 18, 2026237 ms
Jul 25, 2026224 ms
Aug 1, 2026204 ms
Aug 8, 2026204 ms
Aug 15, 2026201 ms
Aug 22, 2026205 ms
Aug 29, 2026200 ms
Sep 5, 2026193 ms
Sep 12, 2026202 ms
Sep 19, 2026199 ms
Sep 26, 2026202 ms
Oct 3, 2026209 ms
Oct 10, 2026214 ms
Oct 17, 2026207 ms
Oct 24, 2026217 ms
Oct 31, 2026219 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

Live view · interaction off

Speed

11 to fix40
  • Render-blocking requests

    1.7 s

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

  • Mobile performance score: 40

    40/100

    Your mobile performance score is 40. Under 50 is Google's “poor” band: many phone visitors leave before the page is usable.

  • Main-thread work: 5.9 s

    A phone's processor spends 5.9 s on main-thread work while loading, 2.9 s of it running JavaScript. Above 2 s, taps and scrolls feel sluggish.

  • Improve image delivery

    650 ms · 2.0 MB

    7 images could be 2.0 MB smaller with modern formats (WebP or AVIF) and sizes that fit a phone screen. Google estimates it would make the page about 650 ms faster on a phone.

  • Reduce unused JavaScript

    300 ms · 1.9 MB

    About 1.9 MB of JavaScript is downloaded but never used on this page. Google estimates it would make the page about 300 ms faster on a phone.

  • 8 third-party services on the page

    8 third-party services load with your homepage (Google Tag Manager, Vimeo and Usercentrics CMP and others), adding 3.2 MB and 1.3 s of main-thread time.

  • Google Tag Manager adds 749 ms

    749 ms

    Google Tag Manager costs a phone 749 ms of main-thread work and 695 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.

  • Use efficient cache lifetimes

    150 ms · 415 KiB

    33 files are served with short cache lifetimes, so returning visitors download them again (415 KiB).

  • Vimeo adds 352 ms

    352 ms

    Vimeo costs a phone 352 ms of main-thread work and 2.1 MB 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.

  • 2,815 HTML elements

    The page has 2,815 HTML elements. Above 1,500, rendering and every interaction get slower on phones.

  • 20 long tasks on the main thread

    20 long tasks block the main thread while loading, the longest for 266 ms. During a long task the page ignores taps.

  • Reduce unused CSS

    150 ms · 20 KiB

    About 20 KiB of CSS is downloaded but never applied on this page. Google estimates it would make the page about 150 ms faster on a phone.

  • Legacy JavaScript

    53 KiB

    Polyfills for old browsers add 53 KiB JavaScript that modern phones do not need.

  • Minify JavaScript

    8 KiB

    8 KiB could be saved by minifying JavaScript.

  • 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

    5 KiB

    5 KiB could be saved by minifying CSS.

1 checks passed
  • Server response: 143 ms

    143 ms

    Your server sent the HTML in 143 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.

  • Real-user LCP: 4.4 s

    4.4 s

    Real visitors wait 4.4 s for the largest content to appear (75th percentile). Good is under 2.5 s.

  • Real-user FCP: 4.2 s

    4.2 s

    Real visitors see the first content after 4.2 s (75th percentile). Good is under 1.8 s.

  • Real-user TTFB: 3.4 s

    3.4 s

    Real visitors wait 3.4 s for your server to start answering (75th percentile). Good is under 800 ms.

  • Largest Contentful Paint: 16.4 s

    16.4 s

    Your largest element takes 16.4 s to render on a phone. Google's threshold for “good” is 2.5 s. The largest element is the text “Built for the AI Era”.

  • Time to Interactive: 38.5 s

    38.5 s

    The page becomes fully interactive after 38.5 s. Good is under 3.8 s.

  • Speed Index: 14.4 s

    14.4 s

    Visually, the page fills in at 14.4 s (Speed Index). Good is under 3.4 s.

  • Total Blocking Time: 1.1 s

    1.1 s

    Scripts block taps and scrolling for 1.1 s in total while the page loads. Good is under 200 ms.

  • First Contentful Paint: 2.3 s

    2.3 s

    The first text or image appears after 2.3 s on a phone. Good is under 1.8 s.

  • 17 images without width and height

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

  • Tap response (INP) got 19% slower for real visitors

    +19%

    Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-10-31, real Chrome visitors' tap response (inp) went from 186 ms to 219 ms at the 75th percentile (Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab) history).

  • 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 5.7 s to 6.2 s at the 75th percentile (Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab) history).

3 checks passed
  • Real-user INP: 155 ms

    155 ms

    Real visitors wait 155 ms for the page to respond to a tap (75th percentile). Good is under 200 ms.

  • Real-user CLS: 0.00

    0.00

    For real visitors the layout shifts by 0.00 (75th percentile). Good is under 0.1.

  • Cumulative Layout Shift: 0.025

    0.025

    The layout barely moves while loading (CLS 0.025, good is under 0.1).

Images and page weight

5 to fix18
  • Page weight: 8.7 MB in 210 requests

    8.7 MB

    Your homepage downloads 8.7 MB in 210 requests on a phone: images 4.9 MB (55), scripts 3.3 MB (76) and stylesheets 195 KiB (32). Under 2 MB keeps phones on slow connections fast.

  • 1 image over 500 KB

    rescale-hero-1x1-4.png weighs 822 KiB. On a phone connection a single image that size takes seconds.

  • 7 images far larger than shown

    837 KiB

    7 images are downloaded at several times the size a phone draws them, for example rescale-hero-1x1-4.png at 1,584 px wide, shown at 340 px. Resized copies would save about 837 KiB.

  • 9 images below the first screen load straight away

    9 images further down the page (2.8 MB) download before anyone scrolls to them. Adding loading="lazy" lets the first screen load first.

  • 12 images in older formats

    12 images (1.9 MB) are JPEG, PNG or GIF. The same pictures as WebP or AVIF are usually much smaller at the same quality, and every current browser shows them.

  • About 2.5 g of CO₂ per visit

    2.46 g

    By the Sustainable Web Design model, a visit to your homepage emits about 2.46 g of CO₂e: 295.6 kg a year at 10,000 visits a month. It scales with page weight, so every byte cut lowers it.

Accessibility

7 to fixGoogle 8892
  • 2 text elements with low contrast

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

  • Links look like plain text

    1 link inside paragraphs relies on colour alone to stand out.

  • Landmarks should have a unique role or role/label/title (i.e. accessible name) combination (2 elements)

    Landmarks should have a unique role or role/label/title (i.e. accessible name) combination: 2 elements on the page fail this check, rated moderate by axe-core.

  • All page content should be contained by landmarks (2 elements)

    All page content should be contained by landmarks: 2 elements on the page fail this check, rated moderate by axe-core.

  • Main landmark should not be contained in another landmark (1 element)

    Main landmark should not be contained in another landmark: 1 element on the page fails this check, rated moderate by axe-core.

  • Document should not have more than one main landmark (1 element)

    Document should not have more than one main landmark: 1 element on the page fails this check, rated moderate by axe-core.

  • 3 links without text

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

  • Headings skip levels

    Headings skip levels (h2 → h4, h4 → h6 and h4 → h6), which makes the page harder to scan with a screen reader.

2 checks passed
  • Every image has alt text

    All 62 images in the HTML carry an alt attribute.

  • 47 automated accessibility rules passed

    axe-core 4.13.0, the open-source engine behind most accessibility testing tools, ran 55 WCAG 2.2 A/AA and best-practice rules on the phone render: 47 passed and 8 failed. 4 mores need a person to judge. Automated rules catch about a third of accessibility problems; the rest need manual testing.

SEO

2 to fixGoogle 8595
  • 18 links with vague text

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

  • 8 links crawlers can't follow

    8 links have no real href, so search engines can't follow them.

  • 388 internal links, 3 external

    The homepage links to 388 pages on rescale.com and 3 external pages.

8 checks passed
  • Meta description: 155 characters

    Your meta description is 155 characters: “Accelerate product breakthroughs with Rescale's digital engineering platform that transforms HPC, modeling and simulati…”.

  • One H1 headline

    Your main headline reads: “Built for the AI Era”.

  • Title: 60 characters

    Your title is a healthy 60 characters: “Rescale's Digital Engineering Platform, Built for the AI Era”.

  • Canonical URL set

    The canonical URL is https://rescale.com/.

  • Structured data in place

    Structured data found: ImageObject, Organization, Place, WebPage and WebSite.

  • 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://rescale.com/sitemap_index.xml.

AI search readiness

100
4 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: 5 of 6 facts

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

  • Text is in the HTML

    Your server sends the page's text in the HTML (2,283 words), so crawlers that don't run JavaScript still read it.

  • llms.txt published

    The site publishes /llms.txt (135 KiB, 399 links, though it should open with a “# Title” line), a plain-text guide to the site for AI tools.

Other pages

2 to fix90
  • 1 page without a meta description

    /rescale-support-request has no meta description, so Google writes the search snippet from whatever text it finds.

  • 1 page without an H1

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

  • 15 internal pages checked

    We fetched 15 pages linked from your homepage (of 88 found) and read each the way a search engine does.

5 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.

  • 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

5 to fixGoogle 5481
  • 2 small tap targets

    2 of 9 tappable elements near the top of the page are smaller than 24 px, hard to hit with a thumb.

  • 2 third-party cookies

    2 third-party cookies are set on load; browsers are restricting these, so whatever relies on them breaks.

  • Deprecated browser APIs

    The page uses 1 deprecated browser API that will stop working in future browsers (“Unload event listeners are deprecated and will be removed.”).

  • 4 JavaScript errors while loading

    4 errors were logged to the browser console while the page loaded, for example “Failed to load resource: net::ERR_TUNNEL_CONNECTION_FAILED”.

  • 1 distorted image

    1 image is displayed at the wrong aspect ratio, so it looks stretched or squashed.

  • Browser-reported issues

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

  • Missing source maps

    Large scripts ship without source maps.

1 checks passed
  • Mobile viewport set

    The page declares a mobile viewport.

Security and trust

2 to fix86
  • 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 clickjacking protection

    Neither X-Frame-Options nor a CSP frame-ancestors policy is set, so any site can embed yours in a frame.

  • 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.

  • No security.txt

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

5 checks passed
  • Served over HTTPS

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

  • Valid certificate (60 days left)

    The certificate from Google Trust Services · WE1 verifies for rescale.com and is valid for another 60 days.

  • http:// redirects to https

    http://rescale.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 43 links work

    All 43 links checked from your homepage (40 internal, 3 external) answered without errors.

Domain and trust

  • No CAA record

    rescale.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.

3 checks passed
  • Domain is 23 years old

    23 years

    rescale.com was registered in Nov 2002 through Gandi SAS. An established domain carries more trust with email providers and search engines.

  • DNSSEC is on

    rescale.com's DNS answers are signed (DNSSEC), so they can't be forged on the way to visitors.

  • Registered until Nov 2031

    rescale.com is registered until Nov 2031.

Content and conversion

3 to fix81
  • 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.

  • Thin social proof

    Social proof on the homepage: 11 customer or partner logos. Pairing it with named testimonials or customer logos makes it far more convincing.

  • 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.

  • No risk reducer

    No guarantee or risk reducer (money-back, free trial, no credit card) is mentioned, which is often what tips a hesitant visitor.

  • About 983 words of copy

    The homepage carries about 983 words of visible text.

5 checks passed
  • Clear next step on the first screen

    On a phone, the first screen shows a clear next step: “LEARN MORE” and “GET STARTED”.

  • 29 calls to action

    The homepage has 29 calls to action, for example “Learn More”, “Pricing” and “Contact Us”.

  • 3 short forms

    3 short forms (1 field at most) are right on the homepage.

  • Analytics in place

    Analytics detected: Google Tag Manager and Amplitude.

  • Phone number on the homepage

    Your phone number is on the homepage.

Email authentication

95
  • Email authentication score: 95/100

    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.

3 checks passed
  • DMARC policy: reject

    DMARC tells receivers to reject mail that fails authentication, and sends you reports.

  • SPF in place (~all)

    An SPF record lists your sending servers and marks other mail as suspicious (~all): “v=spf1 include:mailgun.org include:_spf.google.com include:mktomail.com include:_spf.elasticemail.com ~all”.

  • DKIM signing found

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

Privacy and tracking

  • 3 trackers load before any consent

    3

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

  • 5 cookies set on arrival

    5

    Opening the homepage sets 5 cookies, 2 of them by other companies (measured from a US location before any click).

  • 15 other companies contacted

    Loading the homepage contacts 15 hosts run by other companies (fonts, scripts, analytics, ads), each of which sees the visitor's IP address.

1 checks passed
  • Consent tool: Usercentrics

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

Upkeep, stack and company

  • 2 plugins are behind their latest release.breeze 2.6.3 → 2.6.4 · gtranslate 5.0.1 → 5.0.2

Stack

CMS
WordPress 7.1.4
Framework
jQuery
Analytics
Google Tag Manager | Amplitude
Hosting
Cloudflare

Company

Employees
144
Founded
2011
Headquarters
San Francisco

Upkeep, stack, hiring and company data from programmable.info

Go beyond the website

What your $25 Growth Playbook adds

This review found 47 issues on rescale.com, including 21 speed issues, 2 SEO issues and 3 conversion gaps. That is the website alone. The full Growth Playbook pairs these findings with what your customers say in public reviews and communities and what your closest competitors do better, then turns everything into at least 20 prioritised ideas, each with the evidence behind it, a step-by-step playbook, a metric and an owner.

  • 28 research agents read your site, reviews, competitors, communities and public filings
  • Customer review mining (G2, Capterra, Trustpilot and more) and voice-of-pain analysis in your buyers’ own words
  • Competitor intelligence with battlecards for your closest rivals
  • Ideal customer profile, buyer segments and buying-stage funnel
  • Ranked channels, outreach sequences and content angles
  • Live Reddit threads where buyers ask for what you sell, with draft replies
  • Earned media and PR openings
  • At least 20 ideas with evidence, a step-by-step playbook, metric, owner, effort and impact, grouped into this week, this quarter, big bets and wildcards, plus a 30/60/90-day roadmap
  • PDF, Markdown, CSV, Notion and Linear exports, and a shareable page your team can track progress on
  • Refresh the playbook later to see what changed

By continuing you agree to the Terms and acknowledge the Privacy Policy.

Free requests are written in the order they come in, so it can take a while. Pay $25 and yours is ready within a few hours. Either way you get a shareable link and a PDF.

  • No subscription
  • Free, or $25 to skip the line
  • Money-back guarantee

14-day money-back guarantee: not happy for any reason, email us within 14 days and we refund in full.

Get the full playbook · $25