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Software Composition Analysis (SCA)
April 2024
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Easy to set up with optimized and automated insights
The way we collect insights has been fairly automated and optimized now that we use CAST Highlight.
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  • "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."
  • "Basic support is included with the standard licensing feed but it can be upgraded for an additional cost."
  • "CAST Highlight is an expensive solution."

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    What do you like most about CAST Highlight?
    Top Answer: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?
    Top Answer: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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    Top Answer:The ease of configuration and customization could be improved in CAST Highlight.
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    10th
    out of 40 in Software Composition Analysis (SCA)
    Views
    444
    Comparisons
    322
    Reviews
    5
    Average Words per Review
    567
    Rating
    7.8
    39th
    out of 74 in Application Security Tools
    Views
    307
    Comparisons
    264
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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.

    Our mission is to help everyone involved in software engineering create secure and trustworthy code without slowing down.

    Combining the fields of databases, programming languages, data science and security we're making the world’s software truly searchable, so that even deep meaningful questions about security can be answered, helping software organizations better understand their code, engineering processes and people.

    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
    NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), Murex, Trafigura, Dell, Dropbox, Nordea, Citi, Credit Suisse
    Top Industries
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Financial Services Firm19%
    Computer Software Company17%
    Insurance Company10%
    Manufacturing Company9%
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    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business12%
    Midsize Enterprise14%
    Large Enterprise74%
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    CAST Highlight is ranked 10th in Software Composition Analysis (SCA) with 5 reviews while Semmle QL is ranked 39th in Application Security Tools. CAST Highlight is rated 7.8, while Semmle QL is rated 0.0. The top reviewer of CAST Highlight writes "Easy to set up with optimized and automated insights". On the other hand, CAST Highlight is most compared with SonarQube, Snyk, Veracode, Checkmarx One and Black Duck, whereas Semmle QL is most compared with Fortify on Demand and Polyspace Code Prover.

    We monitor all Software Composition Analysis (SCA) reviews to prevent fraudulent reviews and keep review quality high. We do not post reviews by company employees or direct competitors. We validate each review for authenticity via cross-reference with LinkedIn, and personal follow-up with the reviewer when necessary.