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Attribute Ratings
- CAST Highlight is rated higher in 2 areas: Likelihood to Recommend, Support Rating
Likelihood to Recommend
10.0
CAST Highlight
100%
1 Rating

8.4
SonarQube
84%
15 Ratings
Support Rating
10.0
CAST Highlight
100%
2 Ratings

9.0
SonarQube
90%
2 Ratings
Likelihood to Recommend
CAST Highlight
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.
Vice President, Chief Architect, Development Manager and Software Engineer
WySTAR Global Retirement Solutions, a Wells Fargo CompanyFinancial Services, 10,001+ employees
SonarQube
SonarQube has a friendly UI that is easy to use and understand. The admin's control panel is very good and It's not really difficult to get through the settings. Its possible to build many rules that apply for each programming language, for example, .NET, and Java. You can easily set up rules and even with the community version. It's a great tool but you have to have a good project plan before being introduced to the tools. I would recommend using the SonarQube open-source version to get used to it before purchasing the license. Before we go with an enterprise product, we have to know the terms and how things are done to run software quality
Solution Architect
Danske IT and Support Services India Pvt LtdFinancial Services, 10,001+ employees
Pros
CAST Highlight
- Identifies common coding vulnerabilities.
- Compares code to industry best practices.
- Assesses the code for data privacy compliance.
Vice President, Chief Architect, Development Manager and Software Engineer
WySTAR Global Retirement Solutions, a Wells Fargo CompanyFinancial Services, 10,001+ employees
SonarQube
- Generating code quality report
- Calculates junit coverage of the codebase very efficiently and precisely
- Highlights the bugs and vulnerabilities in our codebase
- Informs the user of the improvements which can be done to the code to make it cleaner
- SonarQube also suggests remediation and resolution of the problems it highlights
digital tech developer associate
AccentureInformation Technology & Services, 10,001+ employees
Cons
CAST Highlight
- 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.
Vice President, Chief Architect, Development Manager and Software Engineer
WySTAR Global Retirement Solutions, a Wells Fargo CompanyFinancial Services, 10,001+ employees
SonarQube
- Local dashboard wont work without java installed on your machine
- If talking about the local ui the configuration may be quite complex. Needs an experts advise
- Its enterprise edition cost a fortune depending on a company size or users that may use it.
DevOps Engineer
Bebo Technologies Pvt LtdComputer Software, 501-1000 employees
Pricing Details
CAST Highlight
General
Free Trial
Yes
Free/Freemium Version
—Premium Consulting/Integration Services
Yes
Entry-level set up fee?
Optional
Included
Starting Price
$25,000 per year
CAST Highlight Editions & Modules
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Additional Pricing Details
Pricing is based on the size of the application portfolio (number of applications) with unlimited users.SonarQube
General
Free Trial
Yes
Free/Freemium Version
Yes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
Yes
Entry-level set up fee?
No
Starting Price
$0
SonarQube Editions & Modules
Edition
Community | Free |
---|---|
Developer EDITION | Starts at $1502 |
Enterprise EDITION | Starts at $20,0003 |
Data Center EDITION | Starts at $130,0004 |
- none
- 100,000 Lines of Code
- 1 Million Lines of Code
- 20 Million Lines of Code
Additional Pricing Details
—Support Rating
CAST Highlight
CAST Highlight 10.0
Based on 2 answers
Tech support and pro services are top-notch.
Vice President, Chief Architect, Development Manager and Software Engineer
WySTAR Global Retirement Solutions, a Wells Fargo CompanyFinancial Services, 10,001+ employees
SonarQube
SonarQube 9.0
Based on 2 answers
We we easily able to integrate the SonarQube steps into our TFS process via the Microsoft Marektplace, we didn't have the need to call SonarQube support. We've used their online documentation and community forum if we ran into any issues.

Verified User
Professional in Information Technology
Insurance Company, 51-200 employeesAlternatives Considered
CAST Highlight
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.
Vice President, Chief Architect, Development Manager and Software Engineer
WySTAR Global Retirement Solutions, a Wells Fargo CompanyFinancial Services, 10,001+ employees
SonarQube
I personally evaluated klocwork in a previous company and it worked well for Static Code Analysis for C++ applications but the Java support was not as good as SonarQube. Also the overall tooling and integrations provided by SonarQube is stellar and very other competitors can provide such services and IDE integrations.The output results from SonarQube tests can be easily read, including by other services for automation purposes, and creating reports for audits or other teams is nice and easy.
Product Design/Development Engineer
TransferwiseFinancial Services, 1001-5000 employees
Return on Investment
CAST Highlight
- 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.
Vice President, Chief Architect, Development Manager and Software Engineer
WySTAR Global Retirement Solutions, a Wells Fargo CompanyFinancial Services, 10,001+ employees
SonarQube
- Our client is quite pleased with the demonstration of this tools
- Our organisation is using a community edition right now but is planning to migrate to a enterprise version to use it commercially.
- It is quite a costly tool but our organisation is willing to buy it for its enhanced features and security
DevOps Engineer
Bebo Technologies Pvt LtdComputer Software, 501-1000 employees