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Visit site (opens in a new tab)Reviewed 5 November 202622 issues · 99 checks

This review found 22 issues worth fixing on scalepad.com, 4 of them high impact, across 99 checks. The most urgent: 36 text elements with low contrast. 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
2.4 s1.4 sMay 16Oct 311.7 s
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DateReal-visitor load time (LCP)
May 16, 20262.3 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, 20261.6 s
Jul 4, 20261.5 s
Jul 11, 20261.6 s
Jul 18, 20261.7 s
Jul 25, 20261.8 s
Aug 1, 20261.8 s
Aug 8, 20261.7 s
Aug 15, 20261.6 s
Aug 22, 20261.6 s
Aug 29, 20261.6 s
Sep 5, 20261.6 s
Sep 12, 20261.6 s
Sep 19, 20261.7 s
Sep 26, 20261.8 s
Oct 3, 20261.8 s
Oct 10, 20261.7 s
Oct 17, 20261.7 s
Oct 24, 20261.7 s
Oct 31, 20261.7 s
Real-visitor tap response (INP)75th percentile, phones
364 ms197 msMay 16Oct 31327 ms
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DateReal-visitor tap response (INP)
May 16, 2026216 ms
May 23, 2026221 ms
May 30, 2026262 ms
Jun 6, 2026287 ms
Jun 13, 2026302 ms
Jun 20, 2026321 ms
Jun 27, 2026304 ms
Jul 4, 2026294 ms
Jul 11, 2026289 ms
Jul 18, 2026284 ms
Jul 25, 2026285 ms
Aug 1, 2026283 ms
Aug 8, 2026290 ms
Aug 15, 2026319 ms
Aug 22, 2026327 ms
Aug 29, 2026339 ms
Sep 5, 2026345 ms
Sep 12, 2026326 ms
Sep 19, 2026319 ms
Sep 26, 2026316 ms
Oct 3, 2026299 ms
Oct 10, 2026294 ms
Oct 17, 2026302 ms
Oct 24, 2026305 ms
Oct 31, 2026327 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 scalepad.com (phone) rendered by Google PageSpeed Insights

How it loaded on a phone

  1. scalepad.com at 0.6 s0.6 s
  2. scalepad.com at 1.2 s1.2 s
  3. scalepad.com at 1.8 s1.8 s
  4. scalepad.com at 2.4 s2.4 s
  5. scalepad.com at 3.0 s3.0 s
  6. scalepad.com at 3.5 s3.5 s
  7. scalepad.com at 4.1 s4.1 s
  8. scalepad.com at 4.7 s4.7 s

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

Speed

7 to fix71
  • 8 third-party services on the page

    8 third-party services load with your homepage (Google Tag Manager, Facebook and Segment and others), adding 1.4 MB and 1.4 s of main-thread time.

  • Mobile performance score: 71

    71/100

    Your mobile performance score is 71. Pages that score under 90 lose visitors before the first paint.

  • Reduce unused JavaScript

    150 ms · 613 KiB

    About 613 KiB of JavaScript is downloaded but never used on this page. Google estimates it would make the page about 150 ms faster on a phone.

  • Use efficient cache lifetimes

    670 KiB

    26 files are served with short cache lifetimes, so returning visitors download them again (670 KiB).

  • Google Tag Manager adds 518 ms

    518 ms

    Google Tag Manager costs a phone 518 ms of main-thread work and 715 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.

  • Main-thread work: 4.0 s

    A phone's processor spends 4.0 s on main-thread work while loading, 2.4 s of it running JavaScript. Above 2 s, taps and scrolls feel sluggish.

  • Facebook adds 289 ms

    289 ms

    Facebook costs a phone 289 ms of main-thread work and 311 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.

  • 13 long tasks on the main thread

    13 long tasks block the main thread while loading, the longest for 247 ms. During a long task the page ignores taps.

  • Render-blocking requests

    200 ms

    2 files block the first paint until they finish downloading. Deferring or inlining them could save about 200 ms.

  • Legacy JavaScript

    74 KiB

    Polyfills for old browsers add 74 KiB JavaScript that modern phones do not need.

  • Improve image delivery

    44 KiB

    1 image could be 44 KiB smaller with modern formats (WebP or AVIF) and sizes that fit a phone screen.

  • Minify JavaScript

    29 KiB

    29 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.

  • Duplicated JavaScript

    4 KiB

    4 KiB JavaScript is shipped twice across bundles.

1 checks passed
  • Server response: 5 ms

    5 ms

    Your server sent the HTML in 5 ms, well inside Google's 600 ms guideline.

Core Web Vitals

5 to fix100
  • Time to Interactive: 18.5 s

    18.5 s

    The page becomes fully interactive after 18.5 s. Good is under 3.8 s.

  • Total Blocking Time: 779 ms

    779 ms

    Scripts block taps and scrolling for 779 ms in total while the page loads. Good is under 200 ms.

  • Speed Index: 6.3 s

    6.3 s

    Visually, the page fills in at 6.3 s (Speed Index). Good is under 3.4 s.

  • Tap response (INP) got 45% slower for real visitors

    +45%

    Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-10-31, real Chrome visitors' tap response (inp) went from 216 ms to 327 ms at the 75th percentile (Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab) history).

  • 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.

8 checks passed
  • Passes Core Web Vitals for real visitors

    Real Chrome users on phones pass Google's Core Web Vitals on this page (28-day field data from the Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab)).

  • Real-user LCP: 1.2 s

    1.2 s

    Real visitors wait 1.2 s for the largest content to appear (75th percentile). Good is under 2.5 s.

  • Real-user CLS: 0.00

    0.00

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

  • Real-user FCP: 1.2 s

    1.2 s

    Real visitors see the first content after 1.2 s (75th percentile). Good is under 1.8 s.

  • Real-user TTFB: 571 ms

    571 ms

    Real visitors wait 571 ms for your server to start answering (75th percentile). Good is under 800 ms.

  • Largest content (LCP) got 23% faster for real visitors

    -23%

    Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-10-31, real Chrome visitors' largest content (lcp) went from 2.3 s to 1.7 s at the 75th percentile (Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab) history).

  • Largest Contentful Paint: 2.3 s

    2.3 s

    Your largest element renders in 2.3 s on a phone, inside Google's 2.5 s “good” threshold. The largest element is the text “Your impact is bigger than clients see day to day. ScalePad…”.

  • Cumulative Layout Shift: 0

    0

    The layout barely moves while loading (CLS 0, good is under 0.1).

Images and page weight

1 to fix85
  • Page weight: 2.0 MB in 131 requests

    2.0 MB

    Your homepage downloads 2.0 MB in 131 requests on a phone: scripts 1.8 MB (56), images 92 KiB (22) and stylesheets 64 KiB (2). Under 2 MB keeps phones on slow connections fast.

  • About 0.6 g of CO₂ per visit

    0.58 g

    By the Sustainable Web Design model, a visit to your homepage emits about 0.58 g of CO₂e: 69.6 kg a year at 10,000 visits a month. It scales with page weight, so every byte cut lowers it.

3 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.

  • Images are sized for phones

    No image is downloaded at more than three times the size it is drawn on a phone.

Accessibility

4 to fixGoogle 9595
  • 36 text elements with low contrast

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

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • Headings skip levels

    Headings skip levels (h1 → h3), which makes the page harder to scan with a screen reader.

2 checks passed
  • Every image has alt text

    All 54 images in the HTML carry an alt attribute.

  • 42 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: 42 passed and 5 failed. 1 more need a person to judge. Automated rules catch about a third of accessibility problems; the rest need manual testing.

SEO

1 to fixGoogle 10096
  • No structured data

    No structured data (JSON-LD), so Google can't show rich results such as your logo, ratings or FAQs.

  • 48 internal links, 9 external

    The homepage links to 48 pages on scalepad.com and 9 external pages.

7 checks passed
  • Meta description: 133 characters

    Your meta description is 133 characters: “ScalePad helps MSPs strengthen client relationships, prove ongoing value, and turn managed services into measurable cus…”.

  • One H1 headline

    Your main headline reads: “The MSP operating system for stronger client relationships”.

  • Title: 36 characters

    Your title is a healthy 36 characters: “ScalePad | Customer Success for MSPs”.

  • Canonical URL set

    The canonical URL is https://www.scalepad.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.scalepad.com/sitemap.xml.

AI search readiness

1 to fix88
  • No Organization structured data

    There is no Organization (or LocalBusiness) JSON-LD, so search engines and AI assistants have no machine-readable facts about who runs the site: its name, logo, profiles and contact details.

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.

  • Text is in the HTML

    Your server sends the page's text in the HTML (727 words), so crawlers that don't run JavaScript still read it.

  • llms.txt published

    The site publishes /llms.txt (106 KiB, 381 links), a plain-text guide to the site for AI tools.

Other pages

100
  • 1 page with very little text

    /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 29 found) and read each the way a search engine does.

7 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.

  • Every page has an H1

    Each page we checked has a main headline.

  • 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

1 to fixGoogle 10093
  • 1 small tap target

    1 of 5 tappable elements near the top of the page is smaller than 24 px, hard to hit with a thumb.

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

100
  • No X-Content-Type-Options

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

  • 2 links through redirect chains

    2 links go through two or more redirects, for example https://app.scalepad.com/.

  • 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.

8 checks passed
  • Served over HTTPS

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

  • Valid certificate (63 days left)

    The certificate from Let's Encrypt · YR2 verifies for scalepad.com and is valid for another 63 days.

  • Protected from clickjacking

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

  • Content-Security-Policy set

    A Content-Security-Policy is set, the main browser-side defence against injected scripts.

  • HSTS enabled

    Strict-Transport-Security is set, so browsers always use https.

  • http:// redirects to https

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

  • HTTP/2

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

  • All 39 links work

    All 39 links checked from your homepage (30 internal, 9 external) answered without errors.

Domain and trust

  • DNSSEC is off

    scalepad.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.

3 checks passed
  • Domain is 15 years old

    15 years

    scalepad.com was registered in Apr 2011 through NameCheap, Inc.. An established domain carries more trust with email providers and search engines.

  • Certificate issuers are restricted

    CAA records allow only pki.goog, sectigo.com, globalsign.com and letsencrypt.org to issue certificates for scalepad.com, so a mis-issued certificate from anyone else is refused.

  • Registered until Apr 2034

    scalepad.com is registered until Apr 2034.

Content and conversion

2 to fix80
  • No analytics detected

    No analytics or tag manager detected in the HTML, so you can't measure whether any of these fixes work.

  • 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 form on the homepage

    There is no form on the homepage, so every lead has to click through to another page first.

  • 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 486 words of copy

    The homepage carries about 486 words of visible text.

3 checks passed
  • Clear next step on the first screen

    On a phone, the first screen shows a clear next step: “Book A Demo”.

  • 5 calls to action

    The homepage has 5 calls to action, for example “Pricing”, “Book a Demo” and “Book A Demo”.

  • Social proof on the page

    Social proof on the homepage: 1 testimonial or review block, 24 customer or partner logos, a star rating and 1 trust badge.

Email authentication

85
  • Email authentication score: 85/100

    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: quarantine

    DMARC tells receivers to quarantine 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:6811231.spf07.hubspotemail.net include:servers.mcsv.net include:_spf.google.com include:relay.mailchanne…”.

  • DKIM signing found

    A DKIM key is published (selector “google”, “selector1” and “selector2”), 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 Segment (measured from a US location before any click). A consent tool (Cookiebot) is installed; check it blocks these until visitors agree where the law requires it.

  • 1 cookie set on arrival

    1

    Opening the homepage sets 1 cookie (measured from a US location before any click).

  • 3 other companies contacted

    Loading the homepage contacts 3 hosts run by other companies (fonts, scripts, analytics, ads), each of which sees the visitor's IP address.

1 checks passed
  • Consent tool: Cookiebot

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

Upkeep, stack and company

No signs of neglect in what was checked: the copyright year, CMS and plugin versions, and jQuery.

Stack

Framework
Next.js
Hosting
Vercel

Hiring

Hiring
6 open roles
Teams
Development (3), Sales (3)
Job board
bamboohr

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

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