Published teardowns

Real products, scored.

Each teardown applies the ActivateFirst methodology to a real product — landing pages scored on Clarity, Friction, Trust, and Performance; onboarding flows scored on the path from signup to first value.

Onboarding flow

ElevenLabs - Onboarding Flow

b2b_saas · desktop · Jul 2026

54
Elevated

The email-based signup route throws a generic 'Unable to create account. Please try again later.' error with no diagnosis or guidance, forcing the user to abandon email signup entirely and fall back to Google OAuth — a compounding failure that adds 2–3 minutes of dead time.

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Landing page

ElevenLabs - Landing Page

b2b_saas · desktop · Jul 2026

53
Elevated

The headline 'Bringing technology to life' fails the 5-second test — it is a brand tagline, not a value proposition, and gives no indication that ElevenLabs is a voice AI product.

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Onboarding flow

Canva - Onboarding Flow

plg · desktop · Jun 2026

56
Elevated

Email OTP verification (screens 5–15) forces users out of the Canva tab into their email client, creating a multi-minute P-Gap interruption before the user has seen a single pixel of product value — the highest abandonment point in the flow.

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Landing page

Canva - Landing Page

plg · desktop · Jun 2026

65
Elevated

The headline 'What will you design today?' is engaging but assumes the visitor already knows Canva — it skips the 'why Canva over anything else' entirely, leaving differentiation to the sub-headline alone.

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Landing page

Airtable - Landing Page

plg · desktop · Jun 2026

57
Elevated

The headline 'All your teams, all their workflows—connected in one workspace' is category-generic: it could describe a dozen competing tools and gives no hint of Airtable's core differentiator (structured relational data + flexible views + automation).

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Onboarding flow

Airtable - Onboarding Flow

plg · desktop · Jun 2026

50
Elevated

Premature paid trial upsell modal (14-day Team plan) fires before the user has built or seen anything inside the product — triggered by typing 'I am not sure I want to explore the product' into the Omni prompt, meaning uncertain users are punished with a sales pitch at the exact moment they need reassurance

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Landing page

HubSpot - Landing Page

plg · desktop · Jun 2026

57
Elevated

The cookie consent banner still covers the hero on mobile load — the headline 'Where go-to-market teams go to retain.' is invisible behind the full-screen consent overlay, destroying the 5-second test for the majority of first-time mobile visitors.

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Onboarding flow

HubSpot - Onboarding Flow

plg · desktop · Jun 2026

50
Elevated

Email OTP verification forces users to leave the HubSpot tab entirely and open their email client, creating a P-Gap context-switch mid-signup that is the single highest drop-off point in the entire flow — users who don't immediately see the email or are on shared inboxes will abandon.

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Onboarding flow

ActiveCampaign - Onboarding Flow

b2c · desktop · Jun 2026

53
Elevated

Mandatory phone number collection with SMS/WhatsApp consent opt-in appears at Step 1 of the onboarding wizard — before the user has experienced any product value — creating immediate trust friction and likely causing significant drop-off at the very first post-signup screen.

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Landing page

ActiveCampaign - Landing Page

b2c · desktop · Jun 2026

57
Elevated

The desktop hero headline is visually truncated — 'Uncover hidden opportunities in my contac' — cutting off mid-word, which destroys the value prop at the most critical moment and signals a layout or animation bug to first-time visitors.

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Onboarding flow

Klaviyo - Onboarding Flow

b2c · desktop · Jun 2026

33
Critical

Mandatory email verification wall after 8+ setup steps creates a P-Gap that fully stops activation: users who have completed all signup steps are dumped onto a static 'Check your email' screen with no access to the product, and the recording shows them spending multiple frames attempting to troubleshoot the confirmation email rather than experiencing any product value.

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Landing page

Klaviyo - Landing Page

b2c · desktop · Jun 2026

60
Elevated

The headline 'AI marketing & service to grow relationships' is too abstract — it omits Klaviyo's core channels (email, SMS) and the concrete outcome (revenue), leaving first-time visitors unsure what the product actually does.

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Onboarding flow

Mailchimp - Onboarding Flow

b2c · desktop · Jun 2026

43
Critical

Email verification (OTP) forces the user to leave the app entirely to a separate inbox tab, creating a hard P-Gap interruption mid-signup that is a primary abandonment point before the user has seen any product value.

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Landing page

Mailchimp - Landing Page

b2c · desktop · Jun 2026

51
Elevated

The desktop experience opens with a blocking modal asking visitors to select their industry and top 3 goals before they have seen the hero headline, any product proof, or a single reason to trust Mailchimp — this is a high-friction, zero-context ask that will cause significant early abandonment.

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Onboarding flow

Slack - Onboarding Flow

plg · desktop · Jun 2026

48
Critical

The reCAPTCHA image challenge (select all images with cars) fires mid-signup and forces a multi-click visual puzzle that breaks momentum at the highest-intent moment in the funnel — before any value has been delivered.

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Landing page

Slack - Landing Page

plg · desktop · Jun 2026

65
Elevated

The headline 'All your people and AI agents working together' is punchy and current but leans into AI positioning without explaining what that means in practice — the hero product screenshot showing Slackbot surfacing a contract renewal does the heavy lifting, but only for visitors who look closely.

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Onboarding flow

Notion - Onboarding Flow

plg · desktop · Jun 2026

51
Elevated

Credit card form appears before first value delivery: On the 'Try Business for Free' screen (screen 16), Notion surfaces a full billing form with card number, expiry, CVC, and country fields immediately after plan selection — before the user has touched a single Notion page or experienced any product value. This is a high-intent abandonment point for free-plan users and a trust-eroding forced upsell.

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Landing page

Notion - Landing Page

plg · desktop · Jun 2026

59
Elevated

The headline 'Meet the night shift.' prioritizes campaign cleverness over clarity — it does not name the product category, the user benefit, or who it is for, forcing visitors to read the sub-headline before they understand what is being offered.

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Onboarding flow

Figma - Onboarding Flow

plg · desktop · Jun 2026

45
Critical

Email verification forces users out of the app entirely before they reach the product: users see a 'Check your inbox' screen, must switch to their email client, find the Figma verification email, click 'Verify email,' and then return — a hard P-Gap that will cause significant abandonment at the point of highest motivation.

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Landing page

Figma - Landing Page

plg · desktop · Jun 2026

52
Elevated

The headline 'Make anything possible,' is generic aspiration-speak — it could belong to Adobe, Canva, Notion, or a motivational poster. It does not name the category (design tool, prototyping, UI/UX) or the primary user (designers, product teams), costing critical 5-second clarity.

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Onboarding flow

Loveable - Onboarding Flow

b2b_saas · desktop · Jul 2026

58
Elevated

Google 2-Step Verification redirect (frame 7) sends users into a full external authentication flow on accounts.google.com — including phone-based verification — with no progress indicator, no time estimate, and no fallback path shown. This is the single highest drop-off point in the flow and is entirely outside Lovable's control once triggered.

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Landing page

Loveable - Landing Page

b2b_saas · desktop · Jul 2026

53
Elevated

The hero headline 'Build something Lovable' is a brand-name pun, not a value proposition — it sacrifices immediate clarity for wordplay, leaving first-time visitors uncertain whether this is a design tool, a no-code builder, or something else entirely.

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