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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    CAST Highlight

    Score9 out of 10
    Enterprise companies (1,001+ employees)
    CAST headquartered in New York offers Highlight, an application portfolio management solution providing software component analysis , application security, application benchmarking, and technical due diligence.

    $25,000

    per year

    ReSharper

    Score10 out of 10
    N/AReSharper is a code analysis and debugging tool available as an extender to Visual Studio. Its features are also present in JetBrain's .NET IDE, Rider.

    $13.90

    per month per user

    Pricing
    CAST HighlightReSharper
    Editions & Modules
    Cloud
    25k
    Portfolio Size 25
    SCA
    $26k
    Portfolio Size 25
    Complete
    33k
    Portfolio Size 25
    For Individuals
    $139
    per year per user
    For Organizations
    $349
    per year per user
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    CAST HighlightReSharper
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsAnnual Pricing by Size of Application Portfolio—
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    User Ratings
    CAST HighlightReSharper
    Likelihood to Recommend
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    10.0
    (4 ratings)
    Usability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    CAST HighlightReSharper
    Likelihood to Recommend
    CAST
    I think CAST is a great tool to give insight into your applications. The tool can be met with resistance from team members as the tool is going to expose defects that should be addressed. Out of the box, it may need some tailoring to focus on certain areas so that you are not overwhelmed with defects the first time you scan your code. But ultimately, you will want to eliminate all defects in the code and have all violations turned on.
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    JetBrains
    ReSharper is the best all-in-one tool for Visual Studio that I have encountered. It contains many features not found in Visual Studio Enterprise, and those features already in Visual Studio provide much better implementations. I would recommend this to all developers, with the only people who will find it a detriment are developers running older, slower machines (due to ReSharper's resource requirements).
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    Pros
    CAST
    • Identifies common coding vulnerabilities.
    • Compares code to industry best practices.
    • Assesses the code for data privacy compliance.
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    JetBrains
    • Shortcuts are awesome. Navigation through the code gets really easy.
    • I use it every day: go to the last modified position, go to the next error, find usages. All refactoring shortcuts!
    • Color identifiers let me identify variables from constants, methods, properties, and types. I use this feature and I can not live without it.
    • Move code by scope is handy.
    • Adding missing references automatically.
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    Cons
    CAST
    • Code scans could be faster. A large application may need to be broken down into smaller sub-applications in order to facilitate faster code scans.
    • We spent a lot of time trying to figure out how to best structure our code base in the application for ultimate performance.
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    JetBrains
    • Sometimes it gives suggestion that are not suitable for code that you wrote
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    Usability
    CAST
    No answers on this topic
    JetBrains
    ReSharper is very familiar if you already know Visual Studio. JetBrains does have an excellent IDE (Rider); however, since ReSharper is an extension to Visual Studio, you only need to learn what their tools add, not a whole new way of working. I have found the extension's interface to be straightforward, although perhaps due to the massive range of features, navigating the menus is a little time-consuming until your muscle memory kicks in. Maybe a feature search tool would help make usability a 10 out of 10?
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    Support Rating
    CAST
    Tech support and pro services are top-notch.
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    JetBrains
    No answers on this topic
    Alternatives Considered
    CAST
    These other tools only do a part of what CAST does. CAST gives a comprehensive view into the code looking at all aspects, code quality, security, maintainability, vulnerability, privacy, reuse, etc. These other tools only focus on one or two dimensions.
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    JetBrains
    ReSharper does what it does very well because it operates inside the IDE you are already using. It provides advanced features that function far above and beyond what Visual Studio Professional offers and does not require you to learn another IDE like JetBrain's excellent IDE Rider. My only wish is that ReSharper had a Visual Studio Code plugin!
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    Return on Investment
    CAST
    • I believe once we had the tool working for our code base, we immediately saw positive ROI.
    • We spent some time getting to where our code code be scanned efficiently but some of that was trying to do things ourselves instead of fully utilizing Cast Professional Services. I highly recommend to do an engagement with CAST to have them help setup the tool in your environment or to run it in the cloud for you.
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    JetBrains
    • ReSharper is our go-to tool for file formatting. All of our code process must be formatted correctly, and ReSharper makes that an easy to access keyboard shortcut.
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