CAST Highlight vs HCL AppScan comparison

The compared CAST and HCLSoftware solutions aren't in the same category. CAST is ranked #9 in SCA , with an average rating of 8.2, and holds a 1.0% mindshare in the category. HCLSoftware is ranked #13 in AS , with an average rating of 8.0, and holds a 2.6% mindshare. Additionally, 100% of CAST users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 82% of HCLSoftware users who would recommend it.

CAST Highlight

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100% willing to recommend

HCL AppScan

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3,469 Comparison Views

82% willing to recommend

CAST Highlight

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Executive Summary

We performed a comparison between CAST Highlight and HCL AppScan 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. HCL AppScan Report (Updated: September 2022).

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CAST Highlight vs. HCL AppScan

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Categories and Ranking

CAST Highlight

Average Rating

8.0

Reviews Sentiment

7.2

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Software Composition Analysis (SCA) (9th)

HCL AppScan

Average Rating

7.8

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Application Security Tools (13th), Static Application Security Testing (SAST) (12th), Dynamic Application Security Testing (DAST) (1st)

Mindshare comparison

CAST Highlight and HCL AppScan 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 0.8% compared to last year.
HCL AppScan, on the other hand, focuses on Application Security Tools, holds 2.6% mindshare, down 2.8% 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

Jul 30, 2024

Offers efficient portfolio management through enhanced application insights

I have used CAST Highlight in combination with application portfolio management, application lifecycle management, going cloud-ready, and other applications. My main occupation involves software completion analysis and working with various solutions like firewalls and storage One of the…

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Gladwin Christian

QA manager at SmartStream Technologies ltd.

Sep 29, 2023

A useful tool to scan applications that can be easily installed

Given that we have been using HCL AppScan for many years, I think the setup process is not difficult at all. Sometimes, some issues stop or prevent my company from moving forward with the product's setup phase. We have to call HCL's support team and engage in long discussions to smoothly carry out the setup phase. In general, the product's setup phase is not difficult in our company. The solution is deployed on an on-premises model. The licenses for the solution are available only on cloud deployments nowadays. The solution is already installed in our environment. Every time a new release or software comes out from HCL, our company does a scan, which takes maybe a day or two.

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

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

"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."

"It offers good performance."

"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 the CAST Highlight are the interface and there are three notations that are very simple to understand and communicate with."

"The solution offers services in a few specific development languages."

"It highlights, with several grades of severity, the types of vulnerabilities, so we can focus on the most severe security vulnerabilities in the code."

"The most valuable feature of HCL AppScan is scanning QR codes."

"For me, as a manager, it was the ease of use. Inserting security into the development process is not normally an easy project to do. The ability for the developer to actually use it and get results and focuses, that's what counted."

"It identifies all the URLs and domains on its own and then performs tests and provides the results."

"It is easy it is to use. It is quick to find things, because of the code scanning tools. It's quite simple to use and it is very good the way it reports the findings."

"You can easily find particular features and functions through the UI."

"There's extensive functionality with custom rules and a custom knowledge base."

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Cons

"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."

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

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

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

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

"A desktop version should be added."

"They have to improve support."

"It has crashed at times."

"We would like to integrate with some of the other reporting tools that we're planning to use in the future."

"Improvement can be done as per customer requirements."

"The pricing has room for improvement."

"Sometimes it doesn't work so well."

"Visibility is an issue for us. Our partners do not know we have integrations with some of IBM products."

More HCL AppScan cons

Pricing and Cost Advice

"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."

"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."

"I rate the product's price a seven on a scale of one to ten, where one is low, and ten is high. HCL AppScan is an expensive tool."

"I would rate the product's pricing a nine out of ten. The product's pricing is expensive compared to the features that they offer."

"Pricing was the main reason that we went ahead with this solution as they were the lowest in the market."

"The price is very expensive."

"The product is moderately priced, though it's an investment due to extensive code analysis needs."

"The solution is moderately priced."

"The solution is cheap."

"Our clients are willing to pay the extra money. It is expensive."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Financial Services Firm

21%

Computer Software Company

18%

Insurance Company

10%

Manufacturing Company

Computer Software Company

18%

Financial Services Firm

14%

Manufacturing Company

11%

Government

10%

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

No data available

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?

CAST Highlight is an expensive solution. On a scale from one to ten, where one is cheap, and ten is expensive, I rate the solution's pricing an eight or nine out of ten.

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What needs improvement with CAST Highlight?

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

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What do you like most about HCL AppScan?

The most valuable feature of HCL AppScan is its integration with the SDLC, particularly during the coding phase.

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What needs improvement with HCL AppScan?

They could incorporate AI to enhance vulnerability detection and improve the product's reporting capabilities.

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What is your primary use case for HCL AppScan?

We use AppScan primarily for security testing and performance monitoring across our systems.

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Product Reports

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CAST Highlight

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HCL AppScan

October 2024

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Also Known As

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IBM Security AppScan, Rational AppScan, AppScan

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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.

IBM Security AppScan enhances web application security and mobile application security, improves application security program management and strengthens regulatory compliance. By scanning your web and mobile applications prior to deployment, AppScan enables you to identify security vulnerabilities and generate reports and fix recommendations.

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

Essex Technology Group Inc., Cisco, West Virginia University, APIS IT

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