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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 

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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 
IBM i No 
Java No 
Jira Yes 
KeyedIn Yes 
PostgreSQL No 
SAP LeanIX Yes 
SQL No 
ServiceNow Yes 
Visual Studio Code Yes 

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 
IBM i Yes 
Java Yes 
Jira No 
KeyedIn No 
PostgreSQL Yes 
SAP LeanIX No 
SQL Yes 
ServiceNow No 
Visual Studio Code No 

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 

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