Decompilers are similar to disassemblers. They are tools that attempt to restore the high-level source code of program unlike disassemblers that attempt to restore the low-level (assembly language) source code of a program.

These tools work hand in hand with each other. The logs generated from monitoring tools can be used to trace the actual code from the disassembled program. The same applies when debugging, where the analyst can see the overview of the low-level code from the disassembly, while being able to predict where to place breakpoints based on the monitoring tools' logs.