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Description
CAST Highlight is a rapid software intelligence platform that delivers portfolio-level insights in minutes, helping organizations understand the true condition and modernization readiness of their applications. It evaluates every codebase for technical debt, fragility, resiliency gaps, cloud blockers, open-source vulnerabilities, and IP risk using automated code scanning and industry benchmarks. The platform distinguishes between structural issues that require remediation and low-impact debt that can be safely tolerated, enabling smarter investment decisions. CAST Highlight automatically identifies ideal migration paths to cloud-native services, complete with estimated effort and blockers to address. It also evaluates software sustainability by tracing code inefficiencies and estimating related CO₂ impact, allowing teams to prioritize greener development choices. Security, compliance, and third-party component risks are surfaced within minutes, not months. With clear dashboards and board-ready reporting, executives can instantly quantify progress, validate architectures, and track transformation KPIs. CAST Highlight empowers enterprises to modernize faster, cut risk, and strategically steer their software portfolios with evidence—not assumptions.
Description
eXplain is a robust tool developed by PKS Software GmbH for code analysis and the assessment of legacy systems, specifically aimed at performing in-depth evaluations of legacy applications on mainframe platforms like IBM i (AS/400) and IBM Z. This software allows organizations to gain insights into their software's contents, structural integrity, and identifies components that may be retained, improved, or phased out. By importing existing source code into a standalone "eXplain server," the tool eliminates the necessity for installations on the host system, utilizing sophisticated parsers to scrutinize programming languages such as COBOL, PL/I, Assembler, Natural, RPG, and JCL, along with information pertaining to databases like Db2, Adabas, and IMS, as well as job schedulers and transaction monitors. eXplain creates a centralized repository that functions as a knowledge hub, from which it can produce cross-language dependency graphs, data-flow diagrams, interface evaluations, groupings of related modules, and comprehensive reports on object and resource usage. This enables users to visualize relationships within the code, enhancing their understanding of the software landscape. Ultimately, eXplain empowers organizations to make informed decisions regarding the future of their legacy systems.
API Access
Has API
Yes
API Access
Has API
Yes
Integrations
Bitbucket
Yes
Bizzdesign
Yes
C
No
C++
No
CAST Imaging
Yes
CAST SBOM Manager
Yes
COBOL
No
GitHub
Yes
HTML
No
IBM Power Servers
No
Integrations
Bitbucket
No
Bizzdesign
No
C
Yes
C++
Yes
CAST Imaging
No
CAST SBOM Manager
No
COBOL
Yes
GitHub
No
HTML
Yes
IBM Power Servers
Yes
Pricing Details
$6.8K per year
Annual Pricing by size of application portfolio (number of applications) for unlimited users
Free Trial
Yes
Free Version
No
Pricing Details
No price information available.
Free Trial
No
Free Version
No
Deployment
Web-Based
Yes
On-Premises
No
iPhone App
No
iPad App
No
Android App
No
Windows
Yes
Mac
Yes
Linux
Yes
Chromebook
No
Deployment
Web-Based
Yes
On-Premises
No
iPhone App
No
iPad App
No
Android App
No
Windows
No
Mac
No
Linux
No
Chromebook
No
Customer Support
Business Hours
Yes
Live Rep (24/7)
No
Online Support
Yes
Customer Support
Business Hours
Yes
Live Rep (24/7)
No
Online Support
Yes
Types of Training
Training Docs
Yes
Webinars
Yes
Live Training (Online)
Yes
In Person
Yes
Types of Training
Training Docs
Yes
Webinars
No
Live Training (Online)
Yes
In Person
No
Vendor Details
Company Name
CAST
Founded
1990
Country
United States
Website
www.castsoftware.com/highlight
Vendor Details
Company Name
PKS Software
Founded
1991
Country
Germany
Website
www.pks.de/en/kompetenzen/software-analyse-explain
Product Features
Enterprise Architecture
Application Portfolio Management
Yes
Architecture Governance
No
Capability Mapping
No
Diagramming
Yes
Idea Management
No
Modeling & Simulation
Yes
Project Management
No
Risk Assessment
Yes
Transformation Roadmapping
Yes
Version Control
No
Product Features
Static Code Analysis
Analytics / Reporting
No
Code Standardization / Validation
No
Multiple Programming Language Support
No
Provides Recommendations
No
Standard Security/Industry Libraries
No
Vulnerability Management
No