eXplain

eXplain

PKS Software
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About

By scanning the source code of your applications, CAST Highlight instantly maps your software, generating the insights to understand, improve, and transform it. CIOs, CTOs, Enterprise Architects use CAST to: - Get the true view of all technologies and frameworks - Quantify technical debt and the ways to pay it down - See what’s going to break next, and how best to fix it - Drive cloud adoption faster, knowing what to move and optimize - Prove progress to the board with facts and industry benchmarks Businesses move faster using CAST technology to understand, improve, and transform their software.

About

eXplain is a specialized code-analysis and legacy-system evaluation tool from PKS Software GmbH, designed to deeply analyze, map, document, and assess legacy applications, especially on mainframe platforms such as IBM i (AS/400) and IBM Z, so organizations can understand what lives in their software, how it’s structured, and what parts are worth keeping, refactoring or retiring. It imports existing source code into an independent “eXplain server”, no need to install anything on the host system, then uses advanced parsers to examine languages like COBOL, PL/I, Assembler, Natural, RPG, JCL, and others, along with data about databases (Db2, Adabas, IMS), job-schedulers, transaction monitors, and more. eXplain builds a central repository that becomes a knowledge hub; from there, it generates cross-language dependency graphs, data-flow maps, interface analyses, clusterings of related modules, and detailed object-and-resource usage reports.

Platforms Supported

Windows Supported
Mac Supported
Linux Supported
Cloud Supported
On-Premises Not Supported
iPhone Not Supported
iPad Not Supported
Android Not Supported
Chromebook Not Supported

Platforms Supported

Windows Not Supported
Mac Not Supported
Linux Not Supported
Cloud Supported
On-Premises Not Supported
iPhone Not Supported
iPad Not Supported
Android Not Supported
Chromebook Not Supported

Audience

CAST Highlight is built for CIOs, CTOs, enterprise architects, modernization leaders, and M&A teams who need fast, portfolio-wide intelligence to prioritize transformation and reduce risk

Audience

IT organizations, architects, and software-maintenance teams seeking a tool to modernize, refactor, or safely retire legacy systems

Support

Phone Support Supported
24/7 Live Support Not Supported
Online Supported

Support

Phone Support Supported
24/7 Live Support Not Supported
Online Supported

API

Offers API Supported

API

Offers API Supported

Screenshots and Videos

Screenshots and Videos

Pricing

$6.8K per year
Annual Pricing by size of application portfolio (number of applications) for unlimited users
Free Version Not Supported
Free Trial Supported

Pricing

No information available.
Free Version Not Supported
Free Trial Not Supported

Reviews/Ratings

Overall 0.0 / 5
ease 0.0 / 5
features 0.0 / 5
design 0.0 / 5
support 0.0 / 5

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Overall 0.0 / 5
ease 0.0 / 5
features 0.0 / 5
design 0.0 / 5
support 0.0 / 5

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Training

Documentation Supported
Webinars Supported
Live Online Supported
In Person Supported

Training

Documentation Supported
Webinars Not Supported
Live Online Supported
In Person Not Supported

Company Information

CAST
Founded: 1990
United States
www.castsoftware.com/highlight

Company Information

PKS Software
Founded: 1991
Germany
www.pks.de/en/kompetenzen/software-analyse-explain

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Categories

Categories

Enterprise Architecture Features

Application Portfolio Management Supported
Architecture Governance Not Supported
Capability Mapping Not Supported
Diagramming Supported
Idea Management Not Supported
Modeling & Simulation Supported
Project Management Not Supported
Risk Assessment Supported
Transformation Roadmapping Supported
Version Control Not Supported

Integrations

Azure DevOps Supported
C Not Supported
CAST Imaging Supported
CAST SBOM Manager Supported
Docker Supported
GitHub Supported
HTML Not Supported
IBM Db2 Not Supported
IBM Power Servers Not Supported
IBM i Not Supported
Java Not Supported
Jira Supported
KeyedIn Supported
PostgreSQL Not Supported
Rexx Systems Not Supported
SAP LeanIX Supported
SQL Not Supported
ServiceNow Supported
Visual Studio Code Supported

Integrations

Azure DevOps Not Supported
C Supported
CAST Imaging Not Supported
CAST SBOM Manager Not Supported
Docker Not Supported
GitHub Not Supported
HTML Supported
IBM Db2 Supported
IBM Power Servers Supported
IBM i Supported
Java Supported
Jira Not Supported
KeyedIn Not Supported
PostgreSQL Supported
Rexx Systems Supported
SAP LeanIX Not Supported
SQL Supported
ServiceNow Not Supported
Visual Studio Code Not Supported
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