CAST SBOM Manager vs ReARM

CAST SBOM Manager analyzes source code and creates Software Bills of Materials for software product owners, release managers, and compliance specialists. SBOM creation can start from application code, existing files, Git repositories, or CAST Highlight results. A dashboard presents components, vulnerabilities, licenses, obsolescence, languages, topics, and file extensions. Users can define proprietary components with custom descriptions, licenses, vulnerabilities, copyrights, and programming languages, then place components in catalogs for reuse. License tools support custom definitions and management of open-source risks, requirements, obsolescence, and copyrights. Vulnerability information includes CVEs from NIST’s NVD and advisories from GitHub and GitLab, with custom vulnerabilities also supported. SBOMs can be imported from multiple formats and exported as Excel, Word, or CycloneDX. Multiple versions can be managed, and exported contents can be tailored for different audiences. The product runs on Linux and Windows with cloud or on-premises deployment. A free download is listed at free.

ReARM is a release governance platform for organizing software composition, security findings, approvals, and evidence around what ships. It versions SBOMs and XBOMs by product, component, and release, with dependency comparisons across versions and search across a portfolio. Releases can retain HBOMs, VEX, VDR, BOV, SARIF, signatures, attestations, and build metadata for 10+ years. Reliza BEAR adds supplier, copyright, and license metadata to SBOMs. ReARM gathers vulnerabilities, weaknesses, policy violations, and license violations from Dependency-Track and other tools for triage and audit. Release policies can check releases automatically and support manual or automated approvals, recording approver identity, timestamp, and an evidence snapshot in an immutable audit trail. It connects with tools including GitHub Actions, GitLab, Azure DevOps, Jenkins, Slack, Microsoft Teams, Microsoft Sentinel, and Dependency-Track. ReARM Community Edition is self-hosted under AGPL 3.0 and can store and version BOMs without Dependency-Track; vulnerability scanning and policy findings require Dependency-Track or imported VDR files. External deployments require TLS. A free plan is available; paid plans start at $195/mo, and a 60-day trial is listed.