CAST Highlight vs Contrast Security Protect comparison

The compared CAST and Contrast Security solutions aren't in the same category. CAST is ranked #15 in SCA , with an average rating of 8.0, and holds a 1.0% mindshare in the category. Contrast Security is ranked #31 in AS , with an average rating of 8.0, and holds a 0.5% mindshare. Additionally, 85% of CAST users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 100% of Contrast Security users who would recommend it.

CAST Highlight

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85% willing to recommend

Contrast Security Protect

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100% willing to recommend

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Executive Summary

We performed a comparison between CAST Highlight and Contrast Security Protect based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

Find out in this report how the two Software Composition Analysis (SCA) solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI.

To learn more, read our detailed CAST Highlight vs. Contrast Security Protect Report (Updated: September 2022).

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CAST Highlight vs. Contrast Security Protect

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Review summaries and opinions

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:

Categories and Ranking

CAST Highlight

Average Rating

7.8

Reviews Sentiment

7.1

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Software Composition Analysis (SCA) (15th)

Contrast Security Protect

Average Rating

8.4

Reviews Sentiment

5.8

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Application Security Tools (31st)

Mindshare comparison

CAST Highlight and Contrast Security Protect aren’t in the same category and serve different purposes. CAST Highlight is designed for Software Composition Analysis (SCA) and holds a mindshare of 1.0%, up 0.9% compared to last year.
Contrast Security Protect, on the other hand, focuses on Application Security Tools, holds 0.5% mindshare, up 0.4% since last year.

Software Composition Analysis (SCA)

Application Security Tools

Featured Reviews

Chris Van Poele

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

Offers efficient portfolio management through enhanced application insights

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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ToddMcAlister

Lead Application and Data Security Engineer at a insurance company with 5,001-10,000 employees

It provides us with more in-depth visibility into ongoing attacks.

I rate Contrast Security Protect eight out of 10. Overall, it's a solid product, but I deduct a couple of points because of the interface and some shortcomings in the reporting. If you have a large enterprise where you're dealing with a lot of servers, then it makes sense not to use the internal MySQL database. You should use something like Oracle or Microsoft SQL, but if you don't have many transactions, the embedded MySQL database works great.

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Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:

Pros

"The solution provides agnostic blockers for platforms as well as for containerization."

"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."

"In cloud migration, I use CAST highlight to identify blockers, which are the negative road patterns, and also the boosters, which are positive code patterns."

"The most valuable features of the CAST Highlight are the interface and there are three notations that are very simple to understand and communicate with."

"The way it tells you which codebase is more ready for the cloud and which codebase is less ready is very valuable. It works seamlessly with most languages."

"CAST Highlight is easy to use and has a good dashboard."

"The most valuable features of CAST Highlight are automation and speed."

"It offers good performance."

"The solution has excellent real-time capabilities."

"The product gives a few false positives. We get 99 percent true positives."

"Protect provides us with more in-depth visibility into ongoing attacks."

Cons

"If I received categorization in containerization blockers, it would save time."

"There's a bit of a learning curve at the outset."

"There could be potential improvements or additional features added to CAST Highlight to make it better."

"CAST Highlight could improve to allow us to comment and do a deep analysis by ourselves."

"Its price should be better. It is a pretty costly tool. They have two products: CAST Highlight and CAST AIP. I would expect CAST Highlight to have the Help dashboard and the Engineering dashboard. These dashboards are currently a part of CAST AIP, and if these are made available in CAST Highlight, customers won't have to use two different products all the time."

"The reports that describe the issues of concern are rather abstract and the issues should be more clearly described to the user."

"The ease of configuration and customization could be improved in CAST Highlight."

"Protect's reporting GUI is very basic. To get all statuses from the APIs, we needed to write our own KPI dashboard to provide reports."

"There's room for improvement in the initial setup."

"Contrast Security Protect needs to improve integration."

Pricing and Cost Advice

"It is a pretty costly tool. A lot of customers are resistant to using it."

"Basic support is included with the standard licensing feed but it can be upgraded for an additional cost."

"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."

"CAST Highlight is an expensive solution."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Financial Services Firm

22%

Computer Software Company

18%

Insurance Company

Manufacturing Company

Financial Services Firm

25%

Computer Software Company

14%

Manufacturing Company

13%

Insurance Company

Company Size

By reviewers

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Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

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Questions from the Community

What do you like most about CAST Highlight?

The most valuable features of CAST Highlight are automation and speed.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for CAST Highlight?

The pricing of CAST Highlight was not considered expensive or cheap, and no specific comment was made about the setup cost.

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What needs improvement with CAST Highlight?

There could be potential improvements or additional features added to CAST Highlight to make it better.

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What do you like most about Contrast Security Protect?

The product gives a few false positives. We get 99 percent true positives.

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What needs improvement with Contrast Security Protect?

Contrast Security Protect needs to improve integration.

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What is your primary use case for Contrast Security Protect?

We use the product for DevSecOps.

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Overview

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.

CAST is the software intelligence category leader. CAST technology can see inside custom applications with MRI-like precision, automatically generating intelligence about their inner workings - composition, architecture, transaction flows, cloud readiness, structural flaws, legal and security risks. It’s becoming essential for faster modernization for cloud, raising the speed and efficiency of Software Engineering, better open source risk control, and accurate technical due diligence. CAST operates globally with offices in North America, Europe, India, China. Visit www.castsoftware.com.

CAST

Contrast Security is the world’s leading provider of security technology that enables software applications to protect themselves against cyberattacks, heralding the new era of self-protecting software. Contrast's patented deep security instrumentation is the breakthrough technology that enables highly accurate assessment and always-on protection of an entire application portfolio, without disruptive scanning or expensive security experts. Only Contrast has sensors that work actively inside applications to uncover vulnerabilities, prevent data breaches, and secure the entire enterprise from development, to operations, to production.

Contrast Security

Sample 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

Williams-Sonoma, Autodesk, HUAWEI, Chromeriver, RingCentral, Demandware.

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