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CAST Highlight vs Google Cloud Migration Center
Both stand on cloud migration assessment tools. Which one you can start free with, which one lets you read the code, and what each costs once you pay.
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Choose CAST Highlight if your organization needs portfolio-level analysis of custom applications across software risk, cloud readiness, open-source risks or AI opportunities. Look elsewhere if you need a free plan or want to share one subscription across portfolios owned by different companies or owners.
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Migration Center provides discovery, cost assessment, and planning tools for moves to Google Cloud. It does not provide continuous replication or database migration.
Visit Google Cloud Migration CenterThe facts
| CAST Highlight | Google Cloud Migration Center | |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | A free trial | Yes |
| Open source | Not published | Not published |
| Runs on | API, Linux, Mac, Web, Windows | API, Linux, Self-hosted, Web, Windows |
| Lowest paid plan | Complete Insights (single application): $6,800 a year | Free or on request |
| Plans published | 4 | 1 |
| Maker | Not published | Not published |
| Website | castsoftware.com | cloud.google.com |
| On cloud migration assessment tools | #4 of 19 | #1 of 19 |
CAST Highlight: what it does well
- Reports application health, resiliency, technical debt and private data risks.
- Cloud Insights includes container readiness and cloud-native service recommendations.
- SCA Insights supports SBOM creation and importing.
- Identifies AI augmentation opportunities and assesses agent readiness.
- Analysis results are stored in a client-reserved cloud.
What to know first
- There is no free plan; the trial lasts 14 days.
- Each application portfolio requires its own subscription.
- Larger portfolios require contacting CAST.
- Annual subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled with 60 days’ notice.
Google Cloud Migration Center: what it does well
- Estimates future Google Cloud costs from existing resources.
- Inventories servers and three named database types.
- Maps application and network dependencies.
- Offers offline assessment reports without uploading sensitive data.
What to know first
- Does not support continuous replication.
- Database migration is not supported.
- Azure VM discovery is in preview.
- Other Google Cloud products may incur charges.
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