CAST Highlight Reviews

Name: CAST Highlight
Brand: CAST
Rating: 4.0 (6 reviews)

Vendor: CAST

4.0 out of 5

6 reviews
100% willing to recommend

What is CAST Highlight?

CAST Highlight is a SaaS software intelligence product for performing rapid application portfolio analysis. It automatically analyzes source code of hundreds of applications in a week for Cloud Readiness, Software Composition Analysis (Open Source risks), Resiliency, and Technical Debt. Objective software insights from automated source code analysis combined with built-in qualitative surveys for business context enable more informed decision-making about application portfolios.

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CAST Highlight is the #15 ranked solution in top Software Composition Analysis (SCA) solutions. PeerSpot users give CAST Highlight an average rating of 8.0 out of 10. CAST Highlight is most commonly compared to GitLab: CAST Highlight vs GitLab. CAST Highlight is popular among the large enterprise segment, accounting for 73% of users researching this solution on PeerSpot. The top industry researching this solution are professionals from a financial services firm, accounting for 22% of all views.

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Chris Van Poele

Owner at a comms service provider with 501-1,000 employees

One of the advantages of using CAST Highlight is that it provides a clear overview of the entire portfolio. It allows me to see the overall quality of my environment and determine where improvements are needed. It also aids in the early detection of trends and can be useful in managing applications within the organization.

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Kangkan Goswami

Advisor Solution Architect at DXC

The level of abstraction is a little bit high compared to other solutions, such as Veracode. The reports that describe the issues of concern are rather abstract and the issues should be more clearly described to the user. Reducing this type of technical debt would help to manage policy such that it was easier to create and submit for approval. Essentially, it does not provide enough help for the developers.

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reviewer1997040

Consultant/Software Engineer at EY-Parthenon

We get some code insights from CAST. We get insights as to if this or that function has way too many comments or things like that. We would like to backtrace, and understand how dependent that is as per the application. For example, when you are writing code in C Sharp versus writing code in C++, obviously, C++ has more complexities within that. What CAST does is CAST aggregates for different languages, and if they could provide us inputs for each of these languages separately, then that'd be great. When they classify code between their own code and third-party code, they classify it based on the number of files, and not really the number of lines. I'm not sure how extensive of a change this is on their end; however, it would be nice if they could tell us the number of lines of code that are not theirs. There's a bit of a learning curve at the outset. We have come across bugs occasionally. Technical support could be better.

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CAST Highlight mindshare

As of January 2025, the mindshare of CAST Highlight in the Software Composition Analysis (SCA) category stands at 1.0%, up from 0.9% compared to the previous year, according to calculations based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Software Composition Analysis (SCA)

PeerAnalyst reports

Type	Title	Date
Category	Software Composition Analysis (SCA)	Jan 17, 2025	Download
Product	Reviews, tips, and advice from real users	Jan 17, 2025	Download
Comparison	CAST Highlight vs Black Duck	Jan 17, 2025	Download
Comparison	CAST Highlight vs Veracode	Jan 17, 2025	Download
Comparison	CAST Highlight vs Snyk	Jan 17, 2025	Download

Title	Rating	Mindshare	Recommending
GitLab	4.3	4.7%	97%	81 interviews Add to research
Veracode	4.1	9.8%	90%	195 interviews Add to research

Valuable Features

"CAST Highlight provides a clear overview of the role portfolio and allows users to assess the overall quality of the environment. Users can see where improvements are needed and follow up on trends of the application."
"The most valuable features of CAST Highlight are automation and speed."
"It offers good performance."

Room for Improvement

"There could be potential improvements or additional features added to CAST Highlight to make it better."
"The ease of configuration and customization could be improved in CAST Highlight."
"There's a bit of a learning curve at the outset."

ROI

Some found CAST Highlight profitable after two years of usage, while others noticed a return on investment, though specific details were not always mentioned. A few users experienced time efficiency benefits, while some were undecided due to early adoption.

Pricing

CAST Highlight is perceived as an expensive tool, with users noting its high licensing costs. Basic support is included, but upgrades are additional. Pricing is based on the number of scans per year, and while it is less costly than CAST AIP, professional services add to the expense. Users rate the price an eight to nine on a ten-point scale, though there are no undisclosed costs associated. The setup cost is not specifically mentioned.

"CAST Highlight is an expensive solution."
"CAST Highlight is an expensive solution. However, CAST Highlight is less expensive than the CAST AIP, but it remains too expensive and the professional services from CAST are also too expensive. The high price is part of the problem with the CAST solutions."
"It is a pretty costly tool. A lot of customers are resistant to using it."

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Top industries

By visitors reading reviews

Financial Services Firm

22%

Computer Software Company

17%

Insurance Company

Manufacturing Company

Government

Energy/Utilities Company

Educational Organization

Retailer

Media Company

Healthcare Company

Wholesaler/Distributor

Comms Service Provider

University

Transportation Company

Non Profit

Legal Firm

Hospitality Company

Real Estate/Law Firm

Consumer Goods Company

Outsourcing Company

Performing Arts

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Learn more about CAST Highlight

CAST is the softwareintelligence category leader. CAST technology can see inside customapplications with MRI-like precision, automatically generating intelligenceabout their inner workings - composition, architecture, transaction flows,cloud readiness, structural flaws, legal and security risks. It’s becomingessential for faster modernization for cloud, raising the speed and efficiencyof Software Engineering, better open source risk control, and accuratetechnical due diligence. CAST operates globally with offices in North America,Europe, India, China. Visit www.castsoftware.com.

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CAST Highlight customers

Wells Fargo, Bank of NY Mellon, Northern Trust, Microsoft, Amazon, IBM, BMW, AT&T, US Army, US Air Force, US Navy, John Hancock, Marsh & McLennan, Ernst & Young, PwC, Volkswagen, Boston Consulting Group, London Stock Exchange, Telefonica, Saur France, Total Energies France, SNCF