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upserve.com website review
Visit site (opens in a new tab)Reviewed 4 November 202638 issues · 83 checks
This review found 38 issues worth fixing on upserve.com, 11 of them high impact, across 83 checks. The most urgent: use efficient cache lifetimes. 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
80B- #38,934 of 98,215 reviewed websitesbeats 55%
- #24,993 of 53,591 online storesbeats 47%
- #23,988 of 48,604 Shopify storesbeats 44%
Closest competitors among Shopify stores
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| Date | Real-visitor load time (LCP) |
|---|---|
| Aug 1, 2026 | 1.6 s |
| Aug 8, 2026 | 1.5 s |
| Aug 15, 2026 | 1.5 s |
| Aug 22, 2026 | 1.5 s |
| Aug 29, 2026 | 1.5 s |
| Sep 5, 2026 | 1.5 s |
| Sep 12, 2026 | 1.5 s |
| Sep 19, 2026 | 1.4 s |
| Sep 26, 2026 | 1.6 s |
| Oct 3, 2026 | 1.8 s |
| Oct 10, 2026 | 2.0 s |
| Oct 17, 2026 | 2.2 s |
| Oct 24, 2026 | 2.0 s |
| Oct 31, 2026 | 1.9 s |
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| Date | Real-visitor tap response (INP) |
|---|---|
| Aug 8, 2026 | 64 ms |
| Aug 15, 2026 | 74 ms |
| Aug 22, 2026 | 87 ms |
| Aug 29, 2026 | 86 ms |
| Sep 5, 2026 | 103 ms |
| Sep 12, 2026 | 107 ms |
| Sep 19, 2026 | 103 ms |
| Sep 26, 2026 | 125 ms |
| Oct 3, 2026 | 141 ms |
| Oct 10, 2026 | 141 ms |
| Oct 17, 2026 | 144 ms |
| Oct 24, 2026 | 129 ms |
| Oct 31, 2026 | 111 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
0.4 s
0.8 s
1.1 s
1.5 s
1.9 s
2.3 s
2.6 s
3.0 s
Speed
Use efficient cache lifetimes
1.5 s · 5.2 MB35 files are served with short cache lifetimes, so returning visitors download them again (5.2 MB).
Improve image delivery
1.4 s · 2.6 MB16 images could be 2.6 MB smaller with modern formats (WebP or AVIF) and sizes that fit a phone screen. Google estimates it would make the page about 1.4 s faster on a phone.
Reduce unused JavaScript
1.9 s · 654 KiBAbout 654 KiB of JavaScript is downloaded but never used on this page. Google estimates it would make the page about 1.9 s faster on a phone.
Render-blocking requests
1.9 s12 files block the first paint until they finish downloading. Deferring or inlining them could save about 1.9 s.
Mobile performance score: 48
48/100Your mobile performance score is 48. Under 50 is Google's “poor” band: many phone visitors leave before the page is usable.
8 third-party services on the page
8 third-party services load with your homepage (Google Tag Manager, posthog.com and Facebook and others), adding 9.6 MB and 1.2 s of main-thread time.
website-files.com adds 104 ms
104 mswebsite-files.com costs a phone 104 ms of main-thread work and 8.2 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.
Google Tag Manager adds 443 ms
443 msGoogle Tag Manager costs a phone 443 ms of main-thread work and 522 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.
Reduce unused CSS
300 ms · 82 KiBAbout 82 KiB of CSS is downloaded but never applied on this page. Google estimates it would make the page about 300 ms faster on a phone.
Main-thread work: 3.3 s
A phone's processor spends 3.3 s on main-thread work while loading, 2.1 s of it running JavaScript. Above 2 s, taps and scrolls feel sluggish.
15 long tasks on the main thread
15 long tasks block the main thread while loading, the longest for 317 ms. During a long task the page ignores taps.
posthog.com adds 256 ms
256 msposthog.com costs a phone 256 ms of main-thread work and 251 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.
Minify CSS
150 ms · 17 KiB17 KiB could be saved by minifying CSS.
Legacy JavaScript
46 KiBPolyfills for old browsers add 46 KiB JavaScript that modern phones do not need.
Duplicated JavaScript
19 KiB19 KiB JavaScript is shipped twice across bundles.
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: 2 ms
2 msYour server sent the HTML in 2 ms, well inside Google's 600 ms guideline.
Core Web Vitals
Largest Contentful Paint: 12.5 s
12.5 sYour largest element takes 12.5 s to render on a phone. Google's threshold for “good” is 2.5 s. The largest element is the element shown below.
Time to Interactive: 16.2 s
16.2 sThe page becomes fully interactive after 16.2 s. Good is under 3.8 s.
Total Blocking Time: 741 ms
741 msScripts block taps and scrolling for 741 ms in total while the page loads. Good is under 200 ms.
Tap response (INP) got 74% slower for real visitors
+74%Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-10-31, real Chrome visitors' tap response (inp) went from 64 ms to 111 ms at the 75th percentile (Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab) history).
Largest content (LCP) got 25% slower for real visitors
+25%Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-10-31, real Chrome visitors' largest content (lcp) went from 1.6 s to 1.9 s at the 75th percentile (Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab) history).
Speed Index: 5.5 s
5.5 sVisually, the page fills in at 5.5 s (Speed Index). Good is under 3.4 s.
First Contentful Paint: 2.7 s
2.7 sThe first text or image appears after 2.7 s on a phone. Good is under 1.8 s.
30 images without width and height
30 images have no width and height attributes, so the layout jumps as each one loads.
7 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: 1.4 s
1.4 sReal visitors wait 1.4 s for the largest content to appear (75th percentile). Good is under 2.5 s.
Real-user INP: 109 ms
109 msReal visitors wait 109 ms for the page to respond to a tap (75th percentile). Good is under 200 ms.
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: 1.2 s
1.2 sReal visitors see the first content after 1.2 s (75th percentile). Good is under 1.8 s.
Real-user TTFB: 588 ms
588 msReal visitors wait 588 ms for your server to start answering (75th percentile). Good is under 800 ms.
Cumulative Layout Shift: 0.02
0.02The layout barely moves while loading (CLS 0.02, good is under 0.1).
Images and page weight
Page weight: 9.8 MB in 118 requests
9.8 MBYour homepage downloads 9.8 MB in 118 requests on a phone: media 4.8 MB (2), images 3.1 MB (24) and scripts 1.6 MB (50). Under 2 MB keeps phones on slow connections fast.
1 image far larger than shown
30 KiB1 image is downloaded at several times the size a phone draws it, for example 6aa8f83474da6eb8f100fc27_logo-rodizio-grill.png at 393 px wide, shown at 85 px. Resized copies would save about 30 KiB.
3 images in older formats
3 images (125 KiB) 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 2.8 g of CO₂ per visit
2.79 gBy the Sustainable Web Design model, a visit to your homepage emits about 2.79 g of CO₂e: 335.0 kg a year at 10,000 visits a month. It scales with page weight, so every byte cut lowers it.
1 checks passed
Images load when needed
Images below the first screen wait until the visitor scrolls to them.
Accessibility
11 tap targets too small
11 tap targets are too small or too close together to hit reliably with a finger.
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 (10 elements)
All page content should be contained by landmarks: 10 elements on the page fail this check, rated moderate by axe-core.
No main landmark
The page has no <main> landmark, so screen-reader users cannot jump straight to the content.
1 link without text
1 visible link has no text or label, so screen readers cannot say where it goes.
2 checks passed
Every image has alt text
All 32 images in the HTML carry an alt attribute.
35 automated accessibility rules passed
axe-core 4.13.0, the open-source engine behind most accessibility testing tools, ran 40 WCAG 2.2 A/AA and best-practice rules on the phone render: 35 passed and 5 failed. 3 mores need a person to judge. Automated rules catch about a third of accessibility problems; the rest need manual testing.
SEO
Title is long (66 characters)
Your title is 66 characters, so Google will cut it off around 60: “Upserve Restaurant Management Software | POS, Payments & Analytics”.
No structured data
No structured data (JSON-LD), so Google can't show rich results such as your logo, ratings or FAQs.
2 H1 headlines
There are 2 <h1> headlines (“Restaurant POS built by restauranteurs” and “Great service starts with great training”). One clear main headline is easier for people and search engines.
Meta description is long (176 characters)
Your meta description is 176 characters; Google truncates after about 160, so the end of your pitch is cut.
No social preview image
No Open Graph image, so links shared on LinkedIn, Slack or Facebook show no preview picture.
2 links with vague text
2 links use generic text like “click here” or “learn more”, which tells Google nothing about the page behind them.
61 internal links, 8 external
The homepage links to 61 pages on upserve.com and 8 external pages.
3 checks passed
Canonical URL set
The canonical URL is https://www.upserve.com/.
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.upserve.com/sitemap.xml.
AI search readiness
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 (558 words), so crawlers that don't run JavaScript still read it.
llms.txt published
The site publishes https://www.upserve.com/llms.txt (3 KiB, 23 links), a plain-text guide to the site for AI tools.
Other pages
2 pages share a meta description
https://www.upserve.com/about-us and https://www.upserve.com/resources use the same meta description. A description written for each page earns more clicks.
15 internal pages checked
We fetched 15 pages linked from your homepage (of 35 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
3 JavaScript errors while loading
3 errors were logged to the browser console while the page loaded, for example “Failed to load resource: net::ERR_FAILED”.
2 checks passed
Tap targets are thumb-sized
8 of 8 tappable elements near the top are at least 24 px.
Mobile viewport set
The page declares a mobile viewport.
Content and conversion
Thin social proof
Social proof on the homepage: 7 testimonial or review blocks. 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 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 522 words of copy
The homepage carries about 522 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: “Get Started”.
8 calls to action
The homepage has 8 calls to action, for example “Guest Book”, “Pricing” and “Get a demo”.
Analytics in place
Analytics detected: Google Tag Manager and Google Analytics.
Privacy and tracking
4 trackers load before any consent
4Before a visitor clicks anything, the page loads Google Ads, Google Analytics, Google Tag Manager and Meta Pixel (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.
10 cookies set on arrival
10Opening the homepage sets 10 cookies (measured from a US location before any click).
25 other companies contacted
Loading the homepage contacts 25 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.
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 upserve.com, because details like these could help someone attack a site. Every review keeps them private, whatever they found.
Upkeep, stack and company
Stack
- E-commerce
- Shopify Plus
- Hosting
- Webflow
Company
- Founded
- 2009
- Headquarters
- Providence
Upkeep, stack, hiring and company data from programmable.info
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