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sprout.ph website review
Visit site (opens in a new tab)Reviewed 27 October 202641 issues · 87 checks
This review found 41 issues worth fixing on sprout.ph, 19 of them high impact, across 87 checks. The most urgent: render-blocking requests. 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
61DClosest competitors among reviewed websites
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| Date | Real-visitor load time (LCP) |
|---|---|
| May 9, 2026 | 5.3 s |
| May 16, 2026 | 5.3 s |
| May 23, 2026 | 5.6 s |
| May 30, 2026 | 5.8 s |
| Jun 6, 2026 | 5.6 s |
| Jun 13, 2026 | 5.5 s |
| Jun 20, 2026 | 4.8 s |
| Jun 27, 2026 | 3.8 s |
| Jul 4, 2026 | 3.7 s |
| Jul 11, 2026 | 3.7 s |
| Jul 18, 2026 | 3.8 s |
| Jul 25, 2026 | 3.9 s |
| Aug 1, 2026 | 4.1 s |
| Aug 8, 2026 | 4.1 s |
| Aug 15, 2026 | 4.3 s |
| Aug 22, 2026 | 4.5 s |
| Aug 29, 2026 | 4.5 s |
| Sep 5, 2026 | 4.5 s |
| Sep 12, 2026 | 4.2 s |
| Sep 19, 2026 | 4.0 s |
| Sep 26, 2026 | 4.0 s |
| Oct 3, 2026 | 4.0 s |
| Oct 10, 2026 | 4.0 s |
| Oct 17, 2026 | 4.1 s |
| Oct 24, 2026 | 4.0 s |
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| Date | Real-visitor tap response (INP) |
|---|---|
| May 9, 2026 | 312 ms |
| May 16, 2026 | 317 ms |
| May 23, 2026 | 332 ms |
| May 30, 2026 | 339 ms |
| Jun 6, 2026 | 330 ms |
| Jun 13, 2026 | 322 ms |
| Jun 20, 2026 | 298 ms |
| Jun 27, 2026 | 274 ms |
| Jul 4, 2026 | 274 ms |
| Jul 11, 2026 | 277 ms |
| Jul 18, 2026 | 285 ms |
| Jul 25, 2026 | 300 ms |
| Aug 1, 2026 | 322 ms |
| Aug 8, 2026 | 360 ms |
| Aug 15, 2026 | 382 ms |
| Aug 22, 2026 | 398 ms |
| Aug 29, 2026 | 407 ms |
| Sep 5, 2026 | 386 ms |
| Sep 12, 2026 | 381 ms |
| Sep 19, 2026 | 376 ms |
| Sep 26, 2026 | 370 ms |
| Oct 3, 2026 | 364 ms |
| Oct 10, 2026 | 361 ms |
| Oct 17, 2026 | 368 ms |
| Oct 24, 2026 | 379 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
Render-blocking requests
12.6 s38 files block the first paint until they finish downloading. Deferring or inlining them could save about 12.6 s.
Reduce unused JavaScript
7.5 s · 1.5 MBAbout 1.5 MB of JavaScript is downloaded but never used on this page. Google estimates it would make the page about 7.5 s faster on a phone.
Use efficient cache lifetimes
3.0 s · 1.0 MB30 files are served with short cache lifetimes, so returning visitors download them again (1.0 MB).
Google Tag Manager adds 1.2 s
1.2 sGoogle Tag Manager costs a phone 1.2 s of main-thread work and 1.2 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.
Mobile performance score: 3
3/100Your mobile performance score is 3 (desktop: 38). Under 50 is Google's “poor” band: many phone visitors leave before the page is usable.
Main-thread work: 7.6 s
A phone's processor spends 7.6 s on main-thread work while loading, 4.1 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 Hubspot and others), adding 2.8 MB and 3.0 s of main-thread time.
Reduce unused CSS
750 ms · 109 KiBAbout 109 KiB of CSS is downloaded but never applied on this page. Google estimates it would make the page about 750 ms faster on a phone.
Facebook adds 488 ms
488 msFacebook costs a phone 488 ms of main-thread work and 372 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.
Hubspot adds 432 ms
432 msHubspot costs a phone 432 ms of main-thread work and 550 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.
TikTok adds 411 ms
411 msTikTok costs a phone 411 ms of main-thread work and 295 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.
20 long tasks on the main thread
20 long tasks block the main thread while loading, the longest for 376 ms. During a long task the page ignores taps.
wingify.net adds 279 ms
279 mswingify.net costs a phone 279 ms of main-thread work and 234 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.
2,607 HTML elements
The page has 2,607 HTML elements. Above 1,500, rendering and every interaction get slower on phones.
Legacy JavaScript
150 ms · 55 KiBPolyfills for old browsers add 55 KiB JavaScript that modern phones do not need. Google estimates it would make the page about 150 ms faster on a phone.
Improve image delivery
194 KiB15 images could be 194 KiB smaller with modern formats (WebP or AVIF) and sizes that fit a phone screen.
Font display
50 msWeb fonts hide text while they load. Setting font-display: swap shows text immediately (about 50 ms).
Phones get a much slower page than desktops
Desktop scores 38 but mobile only 3. A gap that wide usually means heavy scripts and images that hit phones hardest.
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.
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Server response: 437 ms
437 msYour server sent the HTML in 437 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.
Real-user LCP: 4.7 s
4.7 sReal visitors wait 4.7 s for the largest content to appear (75th percentile). Good is under 2.5 s.
Real-user CLS: 0.97
0.97For real visitors the layout shifts by 0.97 (75th percentile). Good is under 0.1.
First Contentful Paint: 12.2 s
12.2 sThe first text or image appears after 12.2 s on a phone. Good is under 1.8 s.
Largest Contentful Paint: 34.8 s
34.8 sYour largest element takes 34.8 s to render on a phone. Google's threshold for “good” is 2.5 s. The largest element is the image.
Time to Interactive: 41.4 s
41.4 sThe page becomes fully interactive after 41.4 s. Good is under 3.8 s.
Cumulative Layout Shift: 0.976
0.976The layout shifts by 0.976 while loading, so content jumps under the reader's thumb. Good is under 0.1.
Speed Index: 13.1 s
13.1 sVisually, the page fills in at 13.1 s (Speed Index). Good is under 3.4 s.
Total Blocking Time: 1.8 s
1.8 sScripts block taps and scrolling for 1.8 s in total while the page loads. Good is under 200 ms.
Real-user INP: 483 ms
483 msReal visitors wait 483 ms for the page to respond to a tap (75th percentile). Good is under 200 ms.
Real-user FCP: 2.6 s
2.6 sReal visitors see the first content after 2.6 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.
6 images without width and height
6 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 2026-10-24, real Chrome visitors' tap response (inp) went from 312 ms to 379 ms at the 75th percentile (Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab) history).
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Largest content (LCP) got 24% faster for real visitors
-24%Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-10-24, real Chrome visitors' largest content (lcp) went from 5.3 s to 4.0 s at the 75th percentile (Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab) history).
Images and page weight
Page weight: 6.2 MB in 268 requests
6.2 MBYour homepage downloads 6.2 MB in 268 requests on a phone: scripts 3.2 MB (81), fonts 2.1 MB (16) and images 506 KiB (66). Under 2 MB keeps phones on slow connections fast.
An image on the first screen is lazy-loaded
homepage-dashboard.png is on the first screen but marked loading="lazy", so the browser waits before fetching it and the page looks finished later. Load it eagerly (and give it fetchpriority="high" if it is the main image).
1 image below the first screen load straight away
1 image further down the page (21 KiB) download before anyone scrolls to it. Adding loading="lazy" lets the first screen load first.
About 1.7 g of CO₂ per visit
1.75 gBy the Sustainable Web Design model, a visit to your homepage emits about 1.75 g of CO₂e: 209.6 kg a year at 10,000 visits a month. It scales with page weight, so every byte cut lowers it.
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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
18 text elements with low contrast
18 text elements don't have enough contrast against the background to read easily, especially outdoors on a phone.
50 images without alt text
50 images have no alt text, which hurts accessibility and image search.
All page content should be contained by landmarks (9 elements)
All page content should be contained by landmarks: 9 elements on the page fail this check, rated moderate by axe-core.
4 links without text
4 visible links have no text or label, so screen readers cannot say where they go.
3 form fields without a label
3 form fields have no label, so screen readers announce an empty box and autofill guesses.
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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. 2 mores need a person to judge. Automated rules catch about a third of accessibility problems; the rest need manual testing.
SEO
Title is long (67 characters)
Your title is 67 characters, so Google will cut it off around 60: “Sprout Solutions – AI-Enhanced HR and Business Solutions for Growth”.
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.
212 internal links, 79 external
The homepage links to 212 pages on sprout.ph and 79 external pages.
7 checks passed
Meta description: 142 characters
Your meta description is 142 characters: “Sprout’s AI-enhanced HR, payroll, and embedded finance platform simplifies operations, ensures compliance, and elevates…”.
One H1 headline
Your main headline reads: “The People-First AI platform for Payroll, Compliance, and Work.”.
Canonical URL set
The canonical URL is https://sprout.ph/.
Structured data in place
Structured data found: Organization.
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://sprout.ph/wp-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 description; contact details would complete it.
Text is in the HTML
Your server sends the page's text in the HTML (2,156 words), so crawlers that don't run JavaScript still read it.
llms.txt published
The site publishes https://sprout.ph/llms.txt (16 KiB, 82 links), a plain-text guide to the site for AI tools.
Other pages
8 pages without a meta description
https://sprout.ph/implementation, https://sprout.ph/customer-stories, https://sprout.ph/partner-with-sprout, https://sprout.ph/product/insight, https://sprout.ph/product/sprout-recruitment-package and https://sprout.ph/managed-services and 2 others have no meta description, so Google writes the search snippet from whatever text it finds.
1 link to non-canonical URLs
Your homepage links to 1 page by a URL that isn't its canonical one, for example https://sprout.ph/product/insight, whose canonical is https://sprout.ph/product/foresight. Linking straight to the canonical URL saves crawlers a detour and keeps ranking signals on one address.
1 page without an H1
https://sprout.ph/managed-services has no <h1> headline, so visitors and search engines get no clear main topic.
3 pages slow to respond
https://sprout.ph/implementation, https://sprout.ph/partner-with-sprout and https://sprout.ph/product/insight took over 3 s to send their HTML from our server.
15 internal pages checked
We fetched 15 pages linked from your homepage (of 52 found) and read each the way a search engine does.
4 checks passed
Linked pages load
All 15 pages we checked loaded without an error.
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
1 broken image
1 image failed to load on a phone, for example https://bat.bing.com/action/0?ti=343162336&Ver=2&mid=3d41d10d-41a4-4e83-932e-1b2a60daea89&bo=1&sid=d22ef220d1c711f181e4c57bf52f1d45&vid=d22f0bc0d1c711f187e85331734909b0&vids=1&msclkid=N&pi=918639831&l.
6 small tap targets
6 of 17 tappable elements near the top of the page are 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.
Content and conversion
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 385 words of copy
The homepage carries about 385 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: “BOOK A MEETING” and “Learn more here”.
13 calls to action
The homepage has 13 calls to action, for example “Book a Meeting”, “Learn more here” and “Learn More”.
Social proof on the page
Social proof on the homepage: 42 customer or partner logos, a star rating and 12 trust badges.
Analytics in place
Analytics detected: Google Tag Manager, Google Analytics, Hotjar, HubSpot, LinkedIn Insight and Cloudflare Web Analytics.
Direct contact links
Visitors can reach you directly: 2 phone links and 0 email links.
Privacy and tracking
9 trackers load before any consent
9Before a visitor clicks anything, the page loads Google Ads, Google Analytics, Google Tag Manager, Hotjar and HubSpot and 4 mores (measured from a US location before any click). A consent tool (HubSpot cookie banner) is installed; check it blocks these until visitors agree where the law requires it.
30 cookies set on arrival
30Opening the homepage sets 30 cookies (measured from a US location before any click).
44 other companies contacted
Loading the homepage contacts 44 hosts run by other companies (fonts, scripts, analytics, ads), each of which sees the visitor's IP address.
1 checks passed
Consent tool: HubSpot cookie banner
A consent management tool (HubSpot cookie banner) loads with the page.
Security, domain, email and software versions
The security, domain and email checks, software and plugin versions, and any app with a known security problem are visible only to people at sprout.ph, because details like these could help someone attack a site. Every review keeps them private, whatever they found.
Upkeep, stack and company
Stack
- CMS
- WordPress
- Framework
- jQuery
- Analytics
- Google Analytics | Google Tag Manager | Hotjar
- Hosting
- Cloudflare
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