

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.
In terms of time saved, it went from approximately 3.5 hours per insight report to around 40 minutes, which is 80% faster.
This can be translated to being able to do the same amount of work with less technicians.
Tasks that previously took days are completed in significantly less time.
I can say it saves us time related to coding and also saves money, making it a very reliable tool for our organization with great features.
Some support team members are helpful, and others lack in-depth knowledge of the tool, which might cause challenges.
I interacted with customer support regarding one of my project results related to vulnerabilities and license risks, and they explained everything clearly, leaving me very satisfied.
When I created custom rules, I had some doubts, and the documentation was very helpful, simple, and easy to understand.
Their documentation and community are very active, so most of the time when problems occur, I get a solution.
Customer support and services for Semgrep are very reliable and good.
The processing time per new report stays consistent, experiencing no slowdowns even when we had over 200 new reports dropped in a week.
I was able to control it from 10 repositories or 10 services to thousands of repositories in a couple of minutes very simply.
This is an open-source tool, so it absolutely does the job, but if you were to implement a tool such as this in an enterprise, this would probably not be scalable.
Semgrep makes it easy to integrate and grow within any environment without concern for crashes.
CAST Highlight proves reliable in nature.
If there is no master branch or default branch, the tool fails to identify it and will never scan it unless manually somebody looks into it and fixes the issue.
Since I have been using it, I have not experienced any downtime.
Semgrep is stable, as far as my experience indicates.
Understanding only the OS-specific blockers means I would avoid resolving irrelevant issues, thus saving time.
CAST Highlight's deduplication is great for avoiding spam, but sometimes we want two similar quotes if they are from very different company sizes, such as SMB versus enterprise perspectives on pricing.
The UI and additional dashboarding and other details would definitely make the tool more user-friendly and more of a candidate to be implemented in an enterprise.
Currently, they are working on identifying business logic vulnerabilities or privilege escalation vulnerabilities by looking at the code, and they should continue to focus on and improve this effort.
More advanced dependency analysis features in the SCA part and deeper vulnerability databases would be beneficial.
Once we fully integrated it into our company, it has proven to be price-efficient at around $30 a month.
It is basically open-source, so the cost to set up is no cost.
It offers very reasonable pricing and costs.
Smart deduplication groups similar quotes and picks the strongest and most significant one. It stops insights from showing eight variations of great UI, giving diverse voices instead of repetition.
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.
When you triage with AI, it gathers context around the finding and reduces the noise about 80 to 90 percent of the time, asking you to focus only on findings that really matter.
The Software Composition Analysis is the most valuable feature in Semgrep.
The best feature of Semgrep is its ability to highlight high priority issues during scanning, making it critical for developers to address these vulnerabilities promptly.
| Product | Mindshare (%) |
|---|---|
| Semgrep | 3.3% |
| CAST Highlight | 1.3% |
| Other | 95.4% |


| Company Size | Count |
|---|---|
| Small Business | 2 |
| Midsize Enterprise | 1 |
| Large Enterprise | 6 |
| Company Size | Count |
|---|---|
| Small Business | 3 |
| Midsize Enterprise | 2 |
| Large Enterprise | 5 |
CAST Highlight is a SaaS software intelligence technology that delivers rapid, fact-based insights across your entire application portfolio. By automatically analyzing the source code of hundreds or thousands of applications, CAST Highlight helps organizations assess cloud maturity, AI & Agentic readiness, software health, open source risk, resiliency, technical debt, and sustainability from a single lightweight scan.
CAST Highlight is designed for CIOs, CTOs, enterprise architects, cloud leaders, application owners, security teams, and modernization teams that need a fact-based way to prioritize modernization, cloud, and AI adoption decisions at scale. It helps teams identify which applications are ready to move quickly, which require remediation, and where hidden software risks may affect transformation cost, timelines, security, resilience, or business outcomes.
Unlike traditional manual or survey-based assessments, CAST Highlight analyzes application source code directly to rapidly segment portfolios, prioritize modernization paths, and uncover risks before they impact transformation programs.
Semgrep is an advanced static analysis tool designed to identify vulnerabilities and enforce coding standards, catering primarily to professionals with a focus on enhancing code security and quality.
Engineered for software development environments, Semgrep delivers efficient security feedback with minimal setup. By offering a rich collection of rule sets, it allows customization and integration into CI/CD pipelines, supporting continuous code examination. Semgrep not only uncovers hidden flaws but also enforces best practices, making it a valuable asset for development teams seeking to build secure and reliable software.
What are the most important features of Semgrep?In industry applications, Semgrep is a popular choice for sectors such as finance and healthcare, where code integrity and security are paramount. Its integration capabilities allow for effective oversight of compliance and secure coding standards without disrupting existing workflows. This adaptability ensures it meets sector-specific requirements, making it a trusted tool in fields where data privacy and protection are critical.
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