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CAST Highlight Reviews & Product Details

By scanning the source code of your applications, CAST Highlight instantly maps your software, generating the insights to understand, improve, and transform it. CIOs, CTOs, Enterprise Architects use CAST to: - Get the true view of all technologies and frameworks - Quantify technical debt and the ways to pay it down - See what’s going to break next, and how best to fix it - Drive cloud adoption faster, knowing what to move and optimize - Prove progress to the board with facts and industry benchmarks Businesses move faster using CAST technology to understand, improve, and transform their software. Through semantic analysis of source code, CAST produces 3D maps and dashboards to navigate inside individual applications and across entire portfolios. This intelligence empowers executives and technology leaders to steer, speed, and report on initiatives such as technical debt, GenAI, modernization, and cloud. As the pioneer of the software intelligence field, CAST is trusted by the world’s leading companies and governments, their consultancies and cloud providers. See it all at castsoftware.com.

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English, French, Japanese, Chinese (Simplified)

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Greg Rivera (Tech product leader & digital media fanatic helping organizations digitally transform through Software Intelligence)

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CAST Highlight Media

CAST Highlight Demo - CAST Highlight CIO/CTO Software Dashboard

Rapid application portfolio analysis. Automated source code analysis of hundreds of applications in a week for Tech Debt, Cloud Maturity, Open Source risks, Resiliency, Agility, Green Impact. Objective software insights combined with qualitative surveys for business context.

CAST Highlight Demo - Portfolio Advisor for Technical Debt

Quickly prioritize applications for greatest impact on reducing tech debt.

CAST Highlight Demo - Software Composition Analysis

Automatically detect all open source frameworks and 3rd party components from a proprietary knowledgebase of 100 million+ components. Use the unique Open Source Safety score to prioritize remediation efforts across entire portfolios and focus on the most business critical applications first.

CAST Highlight Demo - Detect Common Weakness Enumerations

Expand security risk insight coverage by identifying CWEs that represent possible future vulnerabilities that have not yet been reported officially as CVEs. Automatically detect CWEs via CAST’s exclusive Open Source Software Intelligence Database (OSSIDB) and structural code quality technology th...

CAST Highlight Demo - Portfolio Advisor for Cloud

Automatically build an objective migration roadmap across an entire application portfolio in seconds using the Portfolio Advisor for Cloud. Segment and prioritize each application into categories such as Rehost, Refactor, Rearchitect, Rebuild, or Retire.

CAST Highlight Demo - Cloud Maturity Blockers and Effort Estimates

Identify code level Cloud Maturity Blockers and estimate the effort to remove them.

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Application Portfolio Governance Scorecard - Sample Report

Open Source Control Tower - Sample Report

CAST Highlight Reviews (88)

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Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

11/6/2025

"Fast, Actionable Insights for Portfolio Analysis"

5/5

What do you like best about CAST Highlight?

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. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about CAST Highlight?

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. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is CAST Highlight 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. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Greg Rivera of CAST Highlight

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Thank you for your review and feedback. We are working on a new AI Advisor to be released later this year that will help new users with interpretation of reports and metrics.

lvira N.

8/21/2025

"Simple Configuration and Promising Capabilities"

3.5/5

What do you like best about CAST Highlight?

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. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about CAST Highlight?

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. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Greg Rivera of CAST Highlight

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Ivira, thank you for your review and feedback. Please stay tuned for new capabilities coming to CAST Highlight soon especially in the area of AI recommendations.

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Senior Manager

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

6/17/2025

"CAST Highlight Evaluation for Cloud Readiness and Modernization Planning"

5/5

What do you like best about CAST Highlight?

Quick Portfolio-wide Analysis

With only a local scan of source code, CAST Highlight provides scoring and reports across cloud readiness, software health, and open-source exposure. It enables cross-application comparisons, which is extremely useful when prioritizing modernization candidates.

Intuitive Dashboards

The visual presentation and scoring are easy to understand even for non-technical stakeholders, allowing smoother internal and client communication.

Rapid Time-to-Insight

Compared to traditional assessments, CAST Highlight delivers results in a matter of hours or a few days, making it ideal for quick diagnostics and early decision-making. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about CAST Highlight?

Requires Local Access to Source Code

The tool requires local scanning of source code, which may necessitate coordination with development teams and compliance approval, particularly in environments with strict governance policies. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is CAST Highlight solving and how is that benefiting you?

CAST Highlight solves this by providing:

Automated, rapid code-level analysis across multiple application

Objective scoring of cloud readiness, technical debt, and software health

Identification of modernization priorities based on business impact and technical risk

Open-source component risk assessment, including license and security vulnerabilities

For us, the key benefits are:

Faster decision-making on which applications are good candidates for cloud migration

Clear, data-driven prioritization of modernization efforts

Improved communication with stakeholders through simple and visual dashboards

Reduced assessment time and cost, especially useful during early project phases or proposal development Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Greg Rivera of CAST Highlight

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Thank you for the thoughtful and detailed feedback. Regarding your feedback on source code scanning, we continue to provide many new extensions and plugins to automate code scanning. Can can view them on our Extensions Marketplace.

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Saritha R.

PMO

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

9/8/2025

"Vital for Cloud Migration and Technical Health Insights"

4.5/5

What do you like best about CAST Highlight?

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. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about CAST Highlight?

A minor drawback is that the wide range of metrics and features can feel overwhelming at first for new users. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Greg Rivera of CAST Highlight

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Saritha, thank you for your feedback on the product. We have added an AI Assistant to the user interface as an option especially for new users learning about the product. We are also working on a modernized user interface coming soon.

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Sai Deepika P.

ROM Ranger

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

7/9/2025

"Experience as a Beginner"

4.5/5

What do you like best about CAST Highlight?

I took the CAST Certification and had a good experience with it. It helped me to understand how the code quality and software health can be checked which is very new to me. The hands on experience is an add on for this. I recommend t everyone who wants to know more about software health and code quality. I think I can now work on it well but will definitely reach to the team if I need any sort of help Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about CAST Highlight?

Getting the access is taking time also there is no quick support happening Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Greg Rivera of CAST Highlight

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Sai, thank you for your review and feedback. If you experience any additional delays in access, please contact our support team using this link for prompt assistance.

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David T.

IT M&A Intern Consultant

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

12/9/2024

"Very complete product for professional use"

4/5

What do you like best about CAST Highlight?

Offers so many metrics to have a very detailed view on an application portfolio. Also, it can analyze a wide range of programming languages without having to setup anything, just give it a directory and it works out of the box !

The certification process if very easy and quick to go through and become competent in using the platform.

The process is very fast so you can run it continuously without having to wait long periods of time to get some results. It can be integrated into the CI pipeline Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about CAST Highlight?

This tool could be of great use in the Open-Source/Non-profit world but the price sets a restriction for it to be used in big companies; Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Greg Rivera of CAST Highlight

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David, thanks for your feedback on the product. Regarding pricing, we do offer a freemium product called CAST SBOM Manager that may be of interest to more price-sensitive organizations. You can check it out at the link here.

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Rakesh V.

Solution Architect

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

4/16/2025

"Software health, code quality, Elegance, Agility & we can check if it's cloud readiness or not."

4/5

What do you like best about CAST Highlight?

Software quality/health is good upside of Highlight

Cloud readiness - Tool simply gives whether our application is cloud readiness. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about CAST Highlight?

Everything which CAST Highlight offers is good. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is CAST Highlight solving and how is that benefiting you?

To transition - mostly business-critical applications which are of legacy Technlogies, as part of App dev & maintenance deal.

Analyzed business critical applications using CAST, identified key areas of risk upfront, software health & cloud readiness.

Planning staffing based on the application risk factors. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Greg Rivera of CAST Highlight

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Rakesh, thank you for the positive feedback. We are especially encouraged to see how the product is helping you manage legacy technologies and staffing.

Jose Maria F.

Development & Cloud Consultant

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

3/1/2022

"Find many things you can't even imagine"

4.5/5

What do you like best about CAST Highlight?

The obsolescente report, the Cloud and green report Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about CAST Highlight?

i think that they need more static review like sonar Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Greg Rivera of CAST Highlight

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Jose, thank you for your review and feedback. We continue to invest in making our UI more intuitive and have recently added tutorial icons throughout the various dashboards to help users navigate more easily. We will continue to look for ways to improve this even more.

Dudekula S.

Software Engineer

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

7/15/2024

"A Quick Snapshot of the Applications"

5/5

What do you like best about CAST Highlight?

In CAST Highlight i like the Scores which are displayed on the home page like it depicts the overall Software Health,Cloud Maturity, Open source Risk Control and the best part of CAST Highlight is the Green Impact of the Applications which are there in the user account.The Application user can easily track the Voilations and roadblocks in thier code to improve the software health core, it would be very useful to user to track them and aslo we can also check robustness and elegance and software egligity of an particular application or with all applications too.One more best Feature i liked in CAST Highlight was the Technical Debt it shows how many person perday is required to improve the score of an application , so it is the best option for the application owner to save their time and increase the score and quality of the code. "THE CAST HIGHLIGHT TOOL IS THE CONTROL TOWER OF THE ALL APPLICATIONS." Cast Highlight also provides the CAST Highlight code reader so that we can run the code scan locally in our machine and also very good custommer support . I am using this CAST higlight frequently in work to find score of Application.It is a usery friendly interface, it is easy to use and implement.Cast Highlight is very useful tool which works very well in all comapatable machines and also making it easy to analyze abd understandthe Software Scores of an application.It also provide CLI Version of CAST Highlight so that we can run the codelocally in our machine. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about CAST Highlight?

Actually there are no downsides of the CAST Highlight, I want to inform that there is an small issue in login page it's not an big issue but some some times it would take long time to login in to the account, rest of that i like the Tool. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is CAST Highlight solving and how is that benefiting you?

The CAST Highlight solves the major issues like identifying the road blocks that are available in code are stopping from moving to the cloud.It also helps the Appication owner to monitor thier code health and quality of the code and also the Risk control of the code in the CAST Highlight Portal. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Greg Rivera of CAST Highlight

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Hello Dudekula, thank you for your detailed review and feedback. We will also look into the login page feedback.

RAVIKUMAR K.

Solution Consultant

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

4/15/2025

"Solution Architect"

4.5/5

What do you like best about CAST Highlight?

Provides deep insights for application portfolio across varied technologies. It's ability to enable enterprises to drive decisions around portfolio modernization, migration and rationalization.

A deep dive analysis on Software Health, Cloud readiness, Software Composition and Green Impact help enterprises reduce operational cost, improve user experience, enhance portfolio visibility and drive business outcomes. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about CAST Highlight?

Cast Highlight is a good product. Nothing to mention about shortcomings Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Greg Rivera of CAST Highlight

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Ravikumar, thank you for the positive feedback.