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shifttime.com website review
Visit site (opens in a new tab)Reviewed 8 November 202626 issues · 105 checks
This review found 26 issues worth fixing on shifttime.com, 7 of them high impact, across 105 checks. The most urgent: fails Core Web Vitals for real visitors. Your full playbook turns these into prioritised fixes alongside reviews, competitors and channels.
- Homepage
- Phone render
- Links and pages
- Google PageSpeed
Google PageSpeed Insights (opens in a new tab), mobile
Site score
83BClosest competitors among SaaS websites
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| Date | Real-visitor load time (LCP) |
|---|---|
| May 16, 2026 | 1.9 s |
| May 23, 2026 | 1.9 s |
| May 30, 2026 | 1.8 s |
| Jun 6, 2026 | 1.8 s |
| Jun 13, 2026 | 1.9 s |
| Jun 20, 2026 | 1.9 s |
| Jun 27, 2026 | 2.0 s |
| Jul 4, 2026 | 2.0 s |
| Jul 11, 2026 | 2.0 s |
| Jul 18, 2026 | 2.0 s |
| Jul 25, 2026 | 2.0 s |
| Aug 1, 2026 | 2.0 s |
| Aug 8, 2026 | 1.9 s |
| Aug 15, 2026 | 1.9 s |
| Aug 22, 2026 | 1.9 s |
| Aug 29, 2026 | 1.9 s |
| Sep 5, 2026 | 2.0 s |
| Sep 12, 2026 | 2.0 s |
| Sep 19, 2026 | 1.9 s |
| Sep 26, 2026 | 1.9 s |
| Oct 3, 2026 | 1.7 s |
| Oct 10, 2026 | 1.7 s |
| Oct 17, 2026 | 1.6 s |
| Oct 24, 2026 | 1.6 s |
| Oct 31, 2026 | 1.6 s |
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| Date | Real-visitor tap response (INP) |
|---|---|
| May 16, 2026 | 102 ms |
| May 23, 2026 | 103 ms |
| May 30, 2026 | 104 ms |
| Jun 6, 2026 | 108 ms |
| Jun 13, 2026 | 109 ms |
| Jun 20, 2026 | 111 ms |
| Jun 27, 2026 | 112 ms |
| Jul 4, 2026 | 112 ms |
| Jul 11, 2026 | 112 ms |
| Jul 18, 2026 | 111 ms |
| Jul 25, 2026 | 111 ms |
| Aug 1, 2026 | 109 ms |
| Aug 8, 2026 | 110 ms |
| Aug 15, 2026 | 111 ms |
| Aug 22, 2026 | 112 ms |
| Aug 29, 2026 | 111 ms |
| Sep 5, 2026 | 109 ms |
| Sep 12, 2026 | 109 ms |
| Sep 19, 2026 | 111 ms |
| Sep 26, 2026 | 117 ms |
| Oct 3, 2026 | 123 ms |
| Oct 10, 2026 | 124 ms |
| Oct 17, 2026 | 121 ms |
| Oct 24, 2026 | 122 ms |
| Oct 31, 2026 | 120 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
Speed
3,490 HTML elements
The page has 3,490 HTML elements. Above 1,500, rendering and every interaction get slower on phones.
Mobile performance score: 74
74/100Your mobile performance score is 74. Pages that score under 90 lose visitors before the first paint.
8 third-party services on the page
8 third-party services load with your homepage (Google Tag Manager, reddit and Hubspot and others), adding 928 KiB and 749 ms of main-thread time.
Reduce unused JavaScript
300 ms · 188 KiBAbout 188 KiB of JavaScript is downloaded but never used on this page. Google estimates it would make the page about 300 ms faster on a phone.
Google Tag Manager adds 350 ms
350 msGoogle Tag Manager costs a phone 350 ms of main-thread work and 380 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.
Render-blocking requests
350 ms1 file blocks the first paint until they finish downloading. Deferring or inlining it could save about 350 ms.
Main-thread work: 3.5 s
A phone's processor spends 3.5 s on main-thread work while loading, 1.0 s of it running JavaScript. Above 2 s, taps and scrolls feel sluggish.
Use efficient cache lifetimes
245 KiB20 files are served with short cache lifetimes, so returning visitors download them again (245 KiB).
8 long tasks on the main thread
8 long tasks block the main thread while loading, the longest for 170 ms. During a long task the page ignores taps.
Reduce unused CSS
78 KiBAbout 78 KiB of CSS is downloaded but never applied on this page.
Legacy JavaScript
26 KiBPolyfills for old browsers add 26 KiB JavaScript that modern phones do not need.
Improve image delivery
17 KiB1 image could be 17 KiB smaller with modern formats (WebP or AVIF) and sizes that fit a phone screen.
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.
1 checks passed
Server response: 23 ms
23 msYour server sent the HTML in 23 ms, well inside Google's 600 ms guideline.
Core Web Vitals
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.
Time to Interactive: 11.4 s
11.4 sThe page becomes fully interactive after 11.4 s. Good is under 3.8 s.
Speed Index: 7.7 s
7.7 sVisually, the page fills in at 7.7 s (Speed Index). Good is under 3.4 s.
Real-user INP: 233 ms
233 msReal visitors wait 233 ms for the page to respond to a tap (75th percentile). Good is under 200 ms.
Largest Contentful Paint: 4.0 s
4.0 sYour largest element takes 4.0 s to render on a phone. Google's threshold for “good” is 2.5 s. The largest element is the text “Trusted by 9,000+ shift businesses Run every shift from one…”. Most of its time is resource load delay (3.4 s).
Total Blocking Time: 285 ms
285 msScripts block taps and scrolling for 285 ms in total while the page loads. Good is under 200 ms.
1 image without width and height
1 image have no width and height attributes, so the layout jumps as each one loads.
Tap response (INP) got 18% slower for real visitors
+18%Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-10-31, real Chrome visitors' tap response (inp) went from 102 ms to 120 ms at the 75th percentile (Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab) history).
7 checks passed
Real-user LCP: 1.6 s
1.6 sReal visitors wait 1.6 s for the largest content to appear (75th percentile). Good is under 2.5 s.
Real-user CLS: 0.00
0.00For real visitors the layout shifts by 0.00 (75th percentile). Good is under 0.1.
Real-user FCP: 1.1 s
1.1 sReal visitors see the first content after 1.1 s (75th percentile). Good is under 1.8 s.
Real-user TTFB: 427 ms
427 msReal visitors wait 427 ms for your server to start answering (75th percentile). Good is under 800 ms.
Largest content (LCP) got 16% faster for real visitors
-16%Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-10-31, real Chrome visitors' largest content (lcp) went from 1.9 s to 1.6 s at the 75th percentile (Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab) history).
First Contentful Paint: 1.4 s
1.4 sThe first text or image appears after 1.4 s, inside the 1.8 s “good” threshold.
Cumulative Layout Shift: 0.023
0.023The layout barely moves while loading (CLS 0.023, good is under 0.1).
Images and page weight
1 image below the first screen load straight away
1 image further down the page (26 KiB) download before anyone scrolls to it. Adding loading="lazy" lets the first screen load first.
About 0.5 g of CO₂ per visit
0.48 gBy the Sustainable Web Design model, a visit to your homepage emits about 0.48 g of CO₂e: 57.5 kg a year at 10,000 visits a month. It scales with page weight, so every byte cut lowers it.
3 checks passed
Page weight: 1.7 MB in 108 requests
1.7 MBYour homepage downloads 1.7 MB in 108 requests on a phone: scripts 895 KiB (31), images 398 KiB (50) and media 125 KiB (1). That is a lean page.
Images use modern formats
Every sizeable image is WebP, AVIF or SVG.
Images are sized for phones
No image is downloaded at more than three times the size it is drawn on a phone.
Accessibility
8 text elements with low contrast
8 text elements don't have enough contrast against the background to read easily, especially outdoors on a phone.
6 tap targets too small
6 tap targets are too small or too close together to hit reliably with a finger.
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.
5 links without text
5 visible links have no text or label, so screen readers cannot say where they go.
Alternative text of images should not be repeated as text (8 elements)
Alternative text of images should not be repeated as text: 8 elements on the page fail this check, rated minor by axe-core.
2 checks passed
Every image has alt text
All 96 images in the HTML carry an alt attribute.
49 automated accessibility rules passed
axe-core 4.13.0, the open-source engine behind most accessibility testing tools, ran 53 WCAG 2.2 A/AA and best-practice rules on the phone render: 49 passed and 4 failed. 1 more need a person to judge. Automated rules catch about a third of accessibility problems; the rest need manual testing.
SEO
157 internal links, 34 external
The homepage links to 157 pages on shifttime.com and 34 external pages.
8 checks passed
Meta description: 150 characters
Your meta description is 150 characters: “Scheduling, time tracking, absence, and payroll-ready hours in one place. Trusted by 9,000+ shift businesses across Eur…”.
One H1 headline
Your main headline reads: “Run every shift from one base.”.
Title: 57 characters
Your title is a healthy 57 characters: “Workforce software for shift-based businesses | Shiftbase”.
Canonical URL set
The canonical URL is https://www.shiftbase.com/.
Structured data in place
Structured data found: Organization 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://www.shiftbase.com/sitemap.xml.
AI search readiness
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, sameAs (social profiles) and contact details; description would complete it.
Text is in the HTML
Your server sends the page's text in the HTML (1,420 words), so crawlers that don't run JavaScript still read it.
llms.txt published
The site publishes /llms.txt (1 KiB, 7 links), a plain-text guide to the site for AI tools.
Other pages
4 pages slow to respond
/es, /fr, /onboarding and /fitcheck took over 3 s to send their HTML from our server.
15 internal pages checked
We fetched 15 pages linked from your homepage (of 75 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
5 small tap targets
5 of 24 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.
2 JavaScript errors while loading
2 errors were logged to the browser console while the page loaded, for example “Failed to load resource: net::ERR_FAILED”.
Browser-reported issues
Chrome logged issues while loading the page (“Cookie”).
1 checks passed
Mobile viewport set
The page declares a mobile viewport.
Security and trust
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.
6 checks passed
Served over HTTPS
The homepage is served over HTTPS (shiftbase.com).
Valid certificate (36 days left)
The certificate from Let's Encrypt · YR1 verifies for shifttime.com and is valid for another 36 days.
HSTS enabled
Strict-Transport-Security is set, so browsers always use https.
http:// redirects to https
http://shifttime.com redirects to the secure version.
HTTP/2
The server speaks HTTP/2, 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; 1 did not answer within 5 s.
Domain and trust
DNSSEC is off
shiftbase.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 17 years old
17 yearsshiftbase.com was registered in Jun 2009 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 shiftbase.com, so a mis-issued certificate from anyone else is refused.
Registered until Jun 2032
shiftbase.com is registered until Jun 2032.
Content and conversion
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 map or directions link
There is no link to Google or Apple Maps. A directions link is one tap for a phone visitor.
About 791 words of copy
The homepage carries about 791 words of visible text.
9 checks passed
Clear next step on the first screen
On a phone, the first screen shows a clear next step: “Start trial” and “Start trial Start trial”.
14 calls to action
The homepage has 14 calls to action, for example “Pricing”, “Get a demoSee Shiftbase in action” and “Start trialStart trial”.
2 short forms
2 short forms (1 field at most) are right on the homepage, asking for an email.
Social proof on the page
Social proof on the homepage: 30 customer or partner logos, a star rating, 9 trust badges and “9,000+ customers”.
Analytics in place
Analytics detected: Google Tag Manager and HubSpot.
Direct contact links
Visitors can reach you directly: 2 phone links and 2 email links.
Opening hours shown
Your opening hours are on the homepage.
Phone number on the homepage
Your phone number is on the homepage as a tap-to-call link.
Risk reducer mentioned
A guarantee or risk reducer (money-back, free trial, no credit card or similar) is mentioned on the page.
Email authentication
No DMARC policy
shifttime.com has no DMARC record, so nothing tells receivers what to do with mail that fails SPF or DKIM. Gmail and Yahoo require DMARC from bulk senders.
No DKIM key on the usual selectors
We found no DKIM key on the selectors the big email providers use. If you send through one of them, turning on DKIM signing improves delivery.
Email authentication score: 35/100
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.
1 checks passed
SPF in place (~all)
An SPF record lists your sending servers and marks other mail as suspicious (~all): “v=spf1 include:_spf.google.com include:_spf.moneybird.nl ~all”.
Privacy and tracking
5 trackers load before any consent
5Before a visitor clicks anything, the page loads Google Ads, Google Analytics, Google Tag Manager, HubSpot and Reddit Pixel (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.
18 cookies set on arrival
18Opening the homepage sets 18 cookies, 9 of them by other companies (measured from a US location before any click).
29 other companies contacted
Loading the homepage contacts 29 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
- Astro
- Analytics
- Google Tag Manager
- Hosting
- Vercel
Hiring
- Hiring
- 8 open roles
- Teams
- IT / Engineering (3), Customer Success (1), Marketing (1), Product Marketing (1)
- Job board
- recruitee
- Careers page
- shiftbase.recruitee.com (opens in a new tab)
Upkeep, stack, hiring and company data from programmable.info
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