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CAST Highlight is a SaaS software intelligence product for performing rapid application portfolio analysis. It combines technology insights with business context to accelerate cloud migration, control open source risk, make greener software, and rationalize application portfolios.
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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), Green Impact, 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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- Accelerate cloud migration
- Control open source risk
- Make greener software
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Dimension | Description | Cost/12 months |
|---|---|---|
Single App | 1 Application Onboarded | $6,800.00 |
Small | Up to 25 Applications On-boarded | $44,000.00 |
Medium | Up to 100 Applications On-boarded | $121,000.00 |
Large | Up to 250 Applications On-boarded | $195,000.00 |
XL | Up to 500 Applications On-boarded | $295,000.00 |
XXL | Up to 1000 Applications On-boarded | $475,000.00 |
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Automated Source Code Analysis
Automatically analyzes source code of hundreds of applications within a week for multiple dimensions including Cloud Readiness, Software Composition Analysis, Green Impact, Resiliency, and Technical Debt
Software Composition Analysis
Performs Software Composition Analysis to identify and control open source risks within application portfolios
Cloud Readiness Assessment
Evaluates applications for cloud readiness to support cloud migration planning and acceleration
Environmental Impact Measurement
Measures green impact and environmental sustainability metrics of software applications
Qualitative Business Context Integration
Combines automated source code analysis with built-in qualitative surveys to incorporate business context into application portfolio analysis
Static Application Security Testing
Identifies vulnerabilities and weaknesses in custom code with support for 25+ languages and frameworks, scanning uncompiled code and re-scanning only new or modified code.
Software Composition Analysis
Identifies and prioritizes open source vulnerabilities, takes inventory of open source components and dependencies, and evaluates risks of open source licenses.
Infrastructure as Code Analysis
Detects security misconfigurations in IaC templates using KICS to prevent errors such as open storage buckets, insecure databases, and excessive privileges.
Real-time IDE Security Scanning
Provides real-time vulnerability detection during IDE development for both human-generated and AI-generated code, identifying vulnerabilities, unmasked secrets, vulnerable container images, and malicious open source packages.
Agentic-AI Remediation
Generates remediation suggestions using AI agents that access proprietary databases and customized AI models to provide context-aware code fixes with interactive refinement capabilities.
Continuous Code Analysis
Web-based platform application for continuous inspection and management of code quality with collection, evaluation, and tracking of code analysis data
Bug and Code Quality Detection
Identifies problematic areas including potential bugs, code duplication, unit testing violations, coding rule violations, styling errors, and design inefficiencies
Architecture and Design Evaluation
Evaluates source code architecture and design patterns to produce technical metrics and identify improvement areas
Security Vulnerability Scanning
Performs security-focused code inspection to identify and manage security-related issues in source code
Comprehensive Code Metrics
Generates real business statistics and enhanced technical metrics across multiple code quality dimensions
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Customer reviews
Neha C.
Efficient Analysis & Confident Modernization
Reviewed on Jan 23, 2026
Review provided by G2
What do you like best about the product?
I find CAST Highlight really helpful in analyzing our applications in a very efficient way. As a Mainframe modernization SME, I appreciate how CAST Highlight provides fast, objective insights into legacy technologies, helping me understand COBOL footprints, integration complexity, tech debts, and modernization risks early. These insights make my transformation strategies and cloud decisions fact-based rather than assumption-driven. The features like analyzing legacy code, understanding COBOL footprints, and assessing integration complexity give me early, clear visibility into these areas. The initial setup of CAST Highlight was easy, and I use it with enterprise tools.
What do you dislike about the product?
NA
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
CAST Highlight helps us analyze applications efficiently, providing visibility into large portfolios, uncovering technical debts, risks, and cloud readiness gaps, leading to confident modernization and investment decisions.
Tamilselvan P.
Rapid Insights for Cloud Readiness & Tech Debt
Reviewed on Jan 22, 2026
Review provided by G2
What do you like best about the product?
I like CAST Highlight most for its speed and simplicity in portfolio analysis - it quickly surfaces cloud readiness, technical debt, and open source risks, giving clear, actionable insights without heavy manual effort. The initial setup was straightforward and quick. It requires minimal configuration, and the automated portfolio scanning made onboarding easy without heavy manual effort.
What do you dislike about the product?
Some areas that could be improved in CAST Highlight are deeper customization of reports, more intuitive UI navigation and enhanced integration with CI/CD pipelines for smoother adoption.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
I use CAST Highlight for cloud readiness analysis, tech debt measurement, open source risk management, and portfolio rationalization. It saves time by delivering automated, rapid analysis, allowing us to prioritize modernization, reduce risk, and accelerate digital transformation.
Information Technology and Services
Fast, Actionable Insights for Portfolio Analysis
Reviewed on Nov 06, 2025
Review provided by G2
What do you like best about the product?
CAST Highlight provides a fast and efficient way to assess application portfolios for software health, cloud readiness, and open-source risks. It offers actionable insights through easy-to-read dashboards and metrics that help prioritize modernization efforts. The automated scanning process is lightweight and quick, making it ideal for large organizations that need scalable portfolio analysis without deep code-level integration.
What do you dislike about the product?
While CAST Highlight offers valuable high-level insights, it can sometimes lack the depth needed for detailed technical analysis. The dashboards, although informative, may require customization to align perfectly with specific organizational KPIs. Additionally, the initial configuration and interpretation of some metrics can be challenging for teams new to the platform.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
CAST Highlight helps identify technical debt, software risks, and cloud readiness across large application portfolios quickly and efficiently. It enables teams to make informed decisions about modernization priorities and resource allocation without performing time-consuming manual code reviews. By providing clear metrics on code quality, maintainability, and open-source component risks, it supports better planning, reduces long-term maintenance costs, and accelerates digital transformation initiatives.
Saritha R.
Vital for Cloud Migration and Technical Health Insights
Reviewed on Sep 08, 2025
Review provided by G2
What do you like best about the product?
I really like how CAST Highlight helps identify technical details and offers core-level insights into our software. It's incredibly useful for assessing technical debt and migrating applications from on-premises to the cloud. The setup process was very easy, and the support team provided excellent assistance. The insights into the overall health of the software are particularly beneficial.
What do you dislike about the product?
A minor drawback is that the wide range of metrics and features can feel overwhelming at first for new users.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
I find the product helps us migrate from on-prem to cloud and identifies technical debt, offering core level insights into software health.
lvira N.
Simple Configuration and Promising Capabilities
Reviewed on Aug 21, 2025
Review provided by G2
What do you like best about the product?
I like that the configuration of CAST Highlight is simple and straightforward. I also appreciate how it provides information about the status of applications, helps identify risks proactively, and facilitates decision-making for modernization. The centralized management of information is useful for when I am absent, ensuring accessibility for my colleagues. The information about open source seems quite interesting to me.
What do you dislike about the product?
I wouldn't know how to indicate what I don't like. I would surely expand functionality, but I wouldn't remove any of the ones currently included.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
CAST Highlight centralizes business information, ensures data security, facilitates management during absences, proactively identifies risks, and allows for decision-making to modernize applications with the information it provides from the source code.