Free tool

Lightning snapshot Core Web Vitals AI fix order Mobile & desktop

Site speed, measured properly

A free speed check of your page: how it feels on a phone, what is slow, and what to fix first. Fair-use limits keep the tool free for everyone.

Run check

Your URL, measured in seconds

Pick mobile or desktop, enter a work email, and we run a proper speed check with fair-use limits.

Speed check

No account required

Device

A work email so we can follow up if the scan fails. Fair-use limits keep the tool free.

Core Web Vitals

What we measure

The check bundles lab data with real-world signals. These are the numbers that usually explain why a page feels slow or jumpy.

LCP

Largest Contentful Paint

When the main hero image or headline block becomes visible. Slow LCP usually means heavy images, slow server response or render-blocking assets.

Good target: ≤ 2.5s

INP

Interaction to Next Paint

How quickly the page responds after a tap or click. Lag here feels like a broken button even when the page looks fine.

Good target: ≤ 200ms

CLS

Cumulative Layout Shift

Unexpected movement while the page loads. Banners, fonts and late-loading ads are the usual suspects.

Good target: ≤ 0.1

TTFB

Time to First Byte

Server and network latency before your page starts loading. High TTFB usually points at hosting or caching, not just cosmetic tweaks.

Good target: ≤ 800ms

FCP

First Contentful Paint

When anything meaningful first appears on screen. A fast FCP reassures visitors the page is alive.

Good target: ≤ 1.8s

TBT

Total Blocking Time

How long the main thread is busy during load. Heavy JavaScript is the common culprit on marketing sites and shop fronts.

Good target: ≤ 200ms

How it works

How it works

Fast queue, honest limits, human-readable output. No mystery dashboards or enterprise upsell mid-flow.

01

Paste your URL

Paste your address, pick mobile or desktop, and we run a proper speed check.

02

Keeping it free

We cap how often the check can run, so it stays free for everyone.

03

Scores land in seconds

Performance, accessibility, SEO and best-practice categories come back with what is slow and a link to the full Google report.

04

Prioritised next steps

Our models summarise what to fix first: images, caching, scripts or hosting. Humans review anything we quote on.

AI-assisted

What to fix first

Raw scores are useful; ordered advice is better. We turn your results into plain guidance, clustered by impact, then surface the fixes that move Core Web Vitals the most.

That is the same mindset we use on client sites: images before micro-optimisations, caching before cosmetic rewrites, hosting before blaming the theme.

High impact

Images and hero weight

Modern formats, sensible dimensions and lazy loading often move LCP more than micro-optimising CSS.

Quick win

Caching and compression

Browser cache headers, Brotli and a CDN edge can slash TTFB without redesigning the site.

Watch closely

Third-party scripts

Chat widgets, trackers and tag managers stack up. Defer or self-host what you actually need.

Foundation

Hosting and TLS path

Solid UK hosting with sensible DNS is the bedrock everything else sits on.

Business case

Why it matters

Speed is not a badge for developers. It is how customers decide whether to stay, buy or call you back.

53%

mobile abandon rate

Google research: over half of mobile visits leave when load passes three seconds. Speed is revenue, not vanity.

Core

Web Vitals signal

LCP, INP and CLS feed real-world ranking signals. Fixing them helps humans and search engines alike.

UK

team, same care

We host, build and tune sites ourselves. Results map to work we can actually do for you.

Why we cap it

Fair-use limits keep this tool sustainable. Full audits and remediation are what we do for clients. This is a free taster, not an unlimited service.

What you get

Performance, SEO, accessibility and best-practice scores for the analysed URL. For waterfalls and traces, use the official PageSpeed link we show with your results.

Need real-world speed work?

Hosting, Google speed scores and pages that feel fast, under one UK team. WaveSites from Launch to Surge, or run WaveCheck free before you commit.