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CAST

CAST Highlight

7.8 /10

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What is CAST Highlight?

CAST Highlight is a Software Intelligence product for rapid application portfolio analysis. It performs automated source code analysis of 100s of applications in a week for Cloud Readiness, Software Composition, Resiliency, and Agility. Objective + qualitative data (auto-analysis + business context surveys) enable enterprise leaders to see what’s inside software, rationalize portfolios, accelerate cloud migration, de-risk technology due diligence and reduce Open Source risks. Available in SaaS. No hassle code collection, no deployment process or infrastructure needed. Just these 3 steps to get unprecedented insight into your application portfolio - today.

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CAST Highlight Ratings

Real user data aggregated to summarize the product performance and customer experience.

96 Likeliness to Recommend

100 Plan to Renew

89 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

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Emotional Footprint Overview

+96 Net Emotional Footprint

The emotional sentiment held by end users of the software based on their experience with the vendor. Responses are captured on an eight-point scale.

How much do users love CAST Highlight?

0% Negative

0% Neutral

100% Positive

Pros

Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Performance Enhancing

Feature Ratings

Average 87

Automated Code Scanning

100

Software Intelligence

Code Performance Monitoring

Risk Analysis

Analytics and Reporting

Technical Health Assessment

ALM Integration

Inventory Control

Application Rationalization

Business Value Analysis

State Alternatives Analysis

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 89

Vendor Support

Availability and Quality of Training

Ease of IT Administration

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Ease of Implementation

Business Value Created

Breadth of Features

Ease of Data Integration

Quality of Features

Ease of Customization

Usability and Intuitiveness

CAST Highlight Reviews

Role: Consultant
Industry: Technology
Involvement: End User of Application

Validated Review

Anonymous Reviewer

Submitted Jan 2021

Great product, Easy to use! Highly satisfied.

Likeliness to Recommend

9 /10

Pros

Continually Improving Product
Trustworthy
Caring
Fair

Kavitha S.

Role: Consultant
Industry: Consulting
Involvement: Business Leader or Manager

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Jan 2021

One Stop Shop for multiple transformation journey

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates CAST Highlight from other similar products?

3 different features in 1 product. This makes it unique. Cloud Migration Roadmap Application Portfolio Rationalization Open Source Vulnerabilities

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Analytic Enablers : Business Impact with Technical Analysis

What do you dislike most about this product?

CAST is open to the feedback. If any we can get them addressed

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Good Product

Pros

Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Performance Enhancing

Role: C-Level
Industry: Technology
Involvement: Business Leader or Manager

Validated Review

Anonymous Reviewer

Submitted Jan 2021

Simple use, effective and informative results.

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

Pros

Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Performance Enhancing

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What is CAST Highlight?

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CAST Highlight Ratings

96 Likeliness to Recommend

100 Plan to Renew

89 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

Emotional Footprint Overview

+96 Net Emotional Footprint

How much do users love CAST Highlight?

Pros

Feature Ratings Average rating of all product features, some of which may not be shown below

Automated Code Scanning Also helps assess application health, cloud readiness, risks, and security vulnerabilities.

Software Intelligence To help proactively identify recommended actions to remediate problems and modernize applications.

Code Performance Monitoring Tracking application performance at the code-base level.

Risk Analysis Provides the ability to capture, assess and score the risk (security, business continuity, etc.) of an application to influence strategic decision making

Analytics and Reporting Includes historical & real-time dashboard visualizations, detailed & summary reporting & easy data extraction for data analysis.

Technical Health Assessment "Provides the ability to capture, assess and score the technical health of an application to influence strategic decision making.

ALM Integration Integrate artifacts across ALM phases such as requirements, analysis, design, development, and testing, either internally or through an API.

Inventory Control Provides the ability to create inventories with a selection or customizable data fields to capture a variety of application attributes.

Application Rationalization Produces recommendations of strategic directions or changes for applications based on data inputs, including; value, cost, risk, technical and business fit.

Business Value Analysis Provides the ability to capture, assess and score the organizational value of an application to influence strategic decision making.

State Alternatives Analysis Includes the ability to perform a cost-benefit, risk and impact assessments to evaluate proposed target-state alternatives relative the current status quo.

Vendor Capability Ratings Average rating of all vendor capabilities, some of which may not be shown below

Vendor Support The importance of vendor support will vary for each organization depending on internal capabilities, but there will always be issues that only the vendor can resolve.

Availability and Quality of Training Effective and readily available training enables users to get the most out of the software you've chosen. Use this section to make sure your vendor's training programs and materials measure up.

Ease of IT Administration This data indicates whether IT personnel will be able to resolve issues and perform configurations efficiently and effectively.

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement Vendors who don't stay on top of emerging needs and trends won't enable you to meet your business goals. Use this data to separate innovators from imposters.

Ease of Implementation Successfully implementing new software is necessary to realize its full value and promote end user adoption. This data indicates whether or not the product is easy to implement.

Business Value Created Software needs to create value for employees, customers, partners, and, ultimately, shareholders. This data expresses user satisfaction - or lack thereof - with the product's business value.

Breadth of Features Users prefer feature rich software that enables them to perform diverse series of tasks. This data expresses user satisfaction with the product's breadth of features.

Ease of Data Integration Use this data to determine whether the product will cause headaches or make data integration easy.

Quality of Features Feature quality is just as important as quantity. Use this data to determine if this product will do what you're purchasing it to do, easily, intuitively, reliably, and effectively.

Ease of Customization Don't get bogged down in a difficult customization; use this data to make sure you can easily achieve the functionality you need for your particular situation.

Usability and Intuitiveness End user learning curves cost the organization money. Pay attention to your end users' technical ability to determine how important UX is in your purchase.

CAST Highlight Reviews

Great product, Easy to use! Highly satisfied.

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Kavitha S.

One Stop Shop for multiple transformation journey

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Simple use, effective and informative results.

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Title

Feature Ratings

Automated Code Scanning

Software Intelligence

Code Performance Monitoring

Risk Analysis

Analytics and Reporting

Technical Health Assessment

ALM Integration

Inventory Control

Application Rationalization

Business Value Analysis

State Alternatives Analysis

Vendor Capability Ratings

Vendor Support

Availability and Quality of Training

Ease of IT Administration

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Ease of Implementation

Business Value Created

Breadth of Features

Ease of Data Integration

Quality of Features

Ease of Customization

Usability and Intuitiveness