CAST Highlight
Application portfolio management software
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Strategic portfolio management software
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What is CAST Highlight
CAST Highlight is a software analysis product that scans application source code and related artifacts to produce an application “health” snapshot focused on open-source risk, cloud readiness, and basic maintainability indicators. It is used by application owners, engineering leaders, and portfolio teams to triage large application estates and prioritize deeper assessments or remediation work. The product emphasizes fast, automated analysis and portfolio-level reporting rather than deep, developer-in-the-loop code quality management.
Rapid portfolio-level triage
The product is designed to analyze many applications quickly and summarize results in a standardized scorecard format. This supports early-stage rationalization and prioritization when teams need directional insights across an estate. It fits use cases where stakeholders need comparable metrics across heterogeneous stacks without running long assessment projects.
Open-source risk visibility
CAST Highlight includes software composition analysis capabilities to identify third-party components and associated security/license risks. This helps security and compliance teams surface high-risk libraries and prioritize remediation across multiple applications. It can also support SBOM-oriented reporting by enumerating components and dependencies from scanned artifacts.
Cloud readiness indicators
The product provides cloud migration assessment signals (for example, technology stack observations and modernization blockers) intended to guide migration planning. This can help portfolio and platform teams shortlist candidates for rehost/refactor decisions and identify applications needing deeper technical discovery. The output is structured for decision support rather than detailed re-architecture guidance.
Not a full APM suite
While it supports portfolio views, it is not primarily an end-to-end strategic portfolio management system with demand intake, financials, roadmaps, and governance workflows. Organizations often still need a separate system of record for portfolio planning and approvals. Integrations may be required to align technical findings with business capability and investment planning.
Limited deep code remediation
The product focuses on automated assessment and scoring rather than providing developer-centric remediation workflows and in-IDE guidance. Teams typically need additional tooling and processes to fix issues, manage exceptions, and verify remediation at scale. For complex modernization programs, deeper architecture and code analysis may be required beyond the Highlight-level snapshot.
SBOM depth depends on inputs
SBOM completeness and accuracy can vary based on available build artifacts, package manifests, and repository hygiene. Some ecosystems and build pipelines may require configuration to produce reliable dependency inventories. Organizations with strict SBOM standards may need to validate outputs and supplement with build-time SBOM generation in CI/CD.
Plan & Pricing
| Plan | Price | Key features & notes |
|---|---|---|
| Complete Edition | $44k/year (annual, base; price shown on site and scales by portfolio size — shown for up to 25/100/250/500/1000 apps) | Includes: Core, Cloud Insights, SCA Insights, Green Insights, SBOM Manager Extension, AI Advisor. Buy via AWS/Azure/GCP; annual subscriptions auto-renew; includes complementary concierge services. Contact CAST for larger portfolios. |
| Cloud Insights | $30.8k/year (annual; price shown on site and scales by portfolio size — shown for up to 25/100/250/500/1000 apps) | Includes: Core + Cloud Insights (cloud maturity, container readiness, cloud blockers/boosters, cloud-native recommendations). Contact sales. |
| SCA Insights | $33k/year (annual; price shown on site and scales by portfolio size — shown for up to 25/100/250/500/1000 apps) | Includes: Core + SCA Insights (open-source security & license risks, component lifecycle/obsolescence, SBOM creation/import). Contact sales. |
| Green Insights | $11k/year (annual; price shown on site and scales by portfolio size — shown for up to 25/100/250/500/1000 apps) | Includes: Core + Green Insights (green impact score, deficiency patterns, remediation recommendations, progress trends). Contact sales. |
| Single-named-application (Complete Insights) | $6.8k/year per named application (annual) | For clients needing CAST Highlight for a single application only. Does NOT include access to concierge services. |
Notes: Prices shown on the official CAST Highlight pricing page are annual and explicitly stated to be tiered by the size of the application portfolio. Each application portfolio requires its own subscription; subscriptions cannot be shared across portfolios. Annual subscriptions auto-renew unless cancelled with 60 days' notice..
Seller details
CAST Software, Inc.
New York, NY, USA
1990
Private
https://www.castsoftware.com/
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