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sonarsource.com website review
Visit site (opens in a new tab)Reviewed 1 November 202621 issues · 99 checks
This review found 21 issues worth fixing on sonarsource.com, 5 of them high impact, across 99 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
95AClosest competitors among SaaS websites
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| Date | Real-visitor load time (LCP) |
|---|---|
| May 9, 2026 | 2.0 s |
| May 16, 2026 | 2.0 s |
| May 23, 2026 | 1.9 s |
| May 30, 2026 | 1.9 s |
| Jun 6, 2026 | 1.9 s |
| Jun 13, 2026 | 2.0 s |
| Jun 20, 2026 | 2.1 s |
| Jun 27, 2026 | 2.1 s |
| Jul 4, 2026 | 2.2 s |
| Jul 11, 2026 | 2.3 s |
| Jul 18, 2026 | 2.4 s |
| Jul 25, 2026 | 2.3 s |
| Aug 1, 2026 | 2.4 s |
| Aug 8, 2026 | 2.4 s |
| Aug 15, 2026 | 2.3 s |
| Aug 22, 2026 | 2.3 s |
| Aug 29, 2026 | 2.2 s |
| Sep 5, 2026 | 2.1 s |
| Sep 12, 2026 | 2.0 s |
| Sep 19, 2026 | 2.0 s |
| Sep 26, 2026 | 2.0 s |
| Oct 3, 2026 | 2.0 s |
| Oct 10, 2026 | 1.9 s |
| Oct 17, 2026 | 1.9 s |
| Oct 24, 2026 | 1.8 s |
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| Date | Real-visitor tap response (INP) |
|---|---|
| May 9, 2026 | 314 ms |
| May 16, 2026 | 305 ms |
| May 23, 2026 | 290 ms |
| May 30, 2026 | 234 ms |
| Jun 6, 2026 | 204 ms |
| Jun 13, 2026 | 197 ms |
| Jun 20, 2026 | 202 ms |
| Jun 27, 2026 | 218 ms |
| Jul 4, 2026 | 229 ms |
| Jul 11, 2026 | 255 ms |
| Jul 18, 2026 | 271 ms |
| Jul 25, 2026 | 275 ms |
| Aug 1, 2026 | 278 ms |
| Aug 8, 2026 | 280 ms |
| Aug 15, 2026 | 292 ms |
| Aug 22, 2026 | 313 ms |
| Aug 29, 2026 | 324 ms |
| Sep 5, 2026 | 323 ms |
| Sep 12, 2026 | 314 ms |
| Sep 19, 2026 | 299 ms |
| Sep 26, 2026 | 299 ms |
| Oct 3, 2026 | 296 ms |
| Oct 10, 2026 | 298 ms |
| Oct 17, 2026 | 303 ms |
| Oct 24, 2026 | 305 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
How it loaded on a phone
0.9 s
1.8 s
2.7 s
3.6 s
4.5 s
5.4 s
6.3 s
7.2 s
sonarsource.com does not allow embedding, so this is Google's rendering of the page.
Speed
Mobile performance score: 89
89/100Your mobile performance score is 89. Pages that score under 90 lose visitors before the first paint.
Main-thread work: 3.7 s
A phone's processor spends 3.7 s on main-thread work while loading, 1.7 s of it running JavaScript. Above 2 s, taps and scrolls feel sluggish.
Use efficient cache lifetimes
315 KiB26 files are served with short cache lifetimes, so returning visitors download them again (315 KiB).
Reduce unused JavaScript
309 KiBAbout 309 KiB of JavaScript is downloaded but never used on this page.
Render-blocking requests
300 ms1 file blocks the first paint until they finish downloading. Deferring or inlining it could save about 300 ms.
1,834 HTML elements
The page has 1,834 HTML elements. Above 1,500, rendering and every interaction get slower on phones.
8 third-party services on the page
8 third-party services load with your homepage (Google Tag Manager, Adroll and Facebook and others), adding 710 KiB and 458 ms of main-thread time.
7 long tasks on the main thread
7 long tasks block the main thread while loading, the longest for 133 ms. During a long task the page ignores taps.
Legacy JavaScript
50 KiBPolyfills for old browsers add 50 KiB JavaScript that modern phones do not need.
Reduce unused CSS
22 KiBAbout 22 KiB of CSS is downloaded but never applied on this page.
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.
1 checks passed
Server response: 47 ms
47 msYour server sent the HTML in 47 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: 15.8 s
15.8 sThe page becomes fully interactive after 15.8 s. Good is under 3.8 s.
Speed Index: 5.9 s
5.9 sVisually, the page fills in at 5.9 s (Speed Index). Good is under 3.4 s.
Real-user FCP: 1.9 s
1.9 sReal visitors see the first content after 1.9 s (75th percentile). Good is under 1.8 s.
Real-user TTFB: 1.1 s
1.1 sReal visitors wait 1.1 s for your server to start answering (75th percentile). Good is under 800 ms.
Total Blocking Time: 265 ms
265 msScripts block taps and scrolling for 265 ms in total while the page loads. Good is under 200 ms.
7 images without width and height
7 images have no width and height attributes, so the layout jumps as each one loads.
Tap response (INP) held steady for real visitors
-2%Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-10-24, real Chrome visitors' tap response (inp) went from 314 ms to 305 ms at the 75th percentile (Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab) history).
Largest content (LCP) held steady for real visitors
-6%Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-10-24, real Chrome visitors' largest content (lcp) went from 2.0 s to 1.8 s at the 75th percentile (Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab) history).
6 checks passed
Real-user LCP: 2.0 s
2.0 sReal visitors wait 2.0 s for the largest content to appear (75th percentile). Good is under 2.5 s.
Real-user INP: 164 ms
164 msReal visitors wait 164 ms for the page to respond to a tap (75th percentile). Good is under 200 ms.
Real-user CLS: 0.01
0.01For real visitors the layout shifts by 0.01 (75th percentile). Good is under 0.1.
First Contentful Paint: 1.7 s
1.7 sThe first text or image appears after 1.7 s, inside the 1.8 s “good” threshold.
Largest Contentful Paint: 1.7 s
1.7 sYour largest element renders in 1.7 s on a phone, inside Google's 2.5 s “good” threshold. The largest element is the text “Introducing the Agent Centric Development Cycle”.
Cumulative Layout Shift: 0
0The layout barely moves while loading (CLS 0, good is under 0.1).
Images and page weight
2 images below the first screen load straight away
2 images further down the page (51 KiB) download before anyone scrolls to them. Adding loading="lazy" lets the first screen load first.
About 0.5 g of CO₂ per visit
0.54 gBy the Sustainable Web Design model, a visit to your homepage emits about 0.54 g of CO₂e: 65.4 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: 1.9 MB in 258 requests
1.9 MBYour homepage downloads 1.9 MB in 258 requests on a phone: scripts 1.3 MB (112), images 229 KiB (50) and HTML 145 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
1 text element with low contrast
1 text element doesn't have enough contrast against the background to read easily, especially outdoors on a phone.
Scrollable region must have keyboard access (1 element)
Scrollable region must have keyboard access: 1 element on the page fails this check, rated serious by axe-core.
All page content should be contained by landmarks (1 element)
All page content should be contained by landmarks: 1 element on the page fails this check, rated moderate by axe-core.
2 links without text
2 visible links have no text or label, so screen readers cannot say where they go.
ARIA role should be appropriate for the element (1 element)
ARIA role should be appropriate for the element: 1 element on the page fails this check, rated minor by axe-core.
2 checks passed
Every image has alt text
All 67 images in the HTML carry an alt attribute.
53 automated accessibility rules passed
axe-core 4.13.0, the open-source engine behind most accessibility testing tools, ran 57 WCAG 2.2 A/AA and best-practice rules on the phone render: 53 passed and 4 failed. 2 mores need a person to judge. Automated rules catch about a third of accessibility problems; the rest need manual testing.
SEO
191 internal links, 13 external
The homepage links to 191 pages on sonarsource.com and 13 external pages.
8 checks passed
Meta description: 148 characters
Your meta description is 148 characters: “Enforce consistent quality gates across every pull request and pipeline, from IDE to CI/CD, with automated code review …”.
One H1 headline
Your main headline reads: “Introducing the Agent Centric Development Cycle”.
Title: 59 characters
Your title is a healthy 59 characters: “AI Code Review & Verification Tools | Code Security | Sonar”.
Canonical URL set
The canonical URL is https://www.sonarsource.com/.
Structured data in place
Structured data found: Organization and WebPage.
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.sonarsource.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 (1,701 words), so crawlers that don't run JavaScript still read it.
llms.txt published
The site publishes /llms.txt (21 KiB, 105 links), a plain-text guide to the site for AI tools.
Other pages
15 internal pages checked
We fetched 15 pages linked from your homepage (of 130 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
Missing source maps
Large scripts ship without source maps.
3 checks passed
No console errors
No JavaScript errors were logged while the page loaded on a phone.
Tap targets are thumb-sized
17 of 18 tappable elements near the top are at least 24 px.
Mobile viewport set
The page declares a mobile viewport.
Security and trust
4 links through redirect chains
4 links go through two or more redirects, for example http://sonarsource.com/the-coding-personalities-of-leading-llms/leaderboard/.
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.
8 checks passed
Served over HTTPS
The homepage is served over HTTPS (sonarsource.com).
Valid certificate (44 days left)
The certificate from Let's Encrypt · YE2 verifies for sonarsource.com and is valid for another 44 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://sonarsource.com redirects to the secure version.
HTTP/2
The server speaks HTTP/2, so browsers load many files over one connection.
All 49 links work
All 49 links checked from your homepage (40 internal, 9 external) answered without errors.
Domain and trust
DNSSEC is off
sonarsource.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 18 years old
18 yearssonarsource.com was registered in Jun 2008 through Gandi SAS. An established domain carries more trust with email providers and search engines.
Certificate issuers are restricted
CAA records allow only sectigo.com, letsencrypt.org, digicert.com and awstrust.com to issue certificates for sonarsource.com, so a mis-issued certificate from anyone else is refused.
Registered until Jun 2027
sonarsource.com is registered until Jun 2027.
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 phone number on the homepage
A local customer looking to call finds no phone number on the homepage. Add one, ideally as a tap-to-call link.
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 1,146 words of copy
The homepage carries about 1,146 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: “GET STARTED FOR FREE”.
11 calls to action
The homepage has 11 calls to action, for example “Pricing”, “Contact us” and “Start for free”.
1 short form
A short form (0 fields at most) is right on the homepage.
Social proof on the page
Social proof on the homepage: 17 testimonial or review blocks, 6 customer or partner logos and a star rating.
Analytics in place
Analytics detected: Google Tag Manager.
Email authentication
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 ip4:149.72.231.47 ip4:149.72.196.66 include:spf.mailjet.com include:_spf.google.com include:_spf.salesforce.com …”.
DKIM signing found
A DKIM key is published (selector “google”, “k1” and “s1”), so receivers can verify mail really came from you.
Privacy and tracking
2 trackers load before any consent
2Before a visitor clicks anything, the page loads Google Ads and 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
7Opening the homepage sets 7 cookies (measured from a US location before any click).
9 other companies contacted
Loading the homepage contacts 9 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
No signs of neglect in what was checked: the copyright year, CMS and plugin versions, and jQuery.
Stack
- Framework
- React
- Analytics
- Google Tag Manager
- Hosting
- Netlify
Company
- Founded
- 2008
- Headquarters
- Geneva
Upkeep, stack, hiring and company data from programmable.info
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