Governance & Flexibility
Count provides enterprise-grade security, permissions, and compliance—while keeping your business logic under your control. Version control metrics in GitHub, integrate via APIs, and use Count alongside your existing tools.
Why governance matters
The problem: To scale analytics safely, you need permissions, compliance, audit trails, and governance. But most BI tools trap your business logic in proprietary systems, creating vendor lock-in.
The solution: All the governance capabilities you need (SOC2, SSO, granular permissions, audit trails) with your business logic version-controlled outside Count. Use Count as part of your broader data stack, not a replacement for it.
Key capabilities
Security & compliance:
- SOC2, ISO27001, HIPAA, GDPR compliant
- Single sign-on (SSO), SCIM provisioning, MFA
- Granular role-based permissions (Owner/Admin/Editor/Viewer/Report viewer)
- Multi-tenancy (US and EU regions)
- 99.5% SLA
Version control & integration:
- Count Metrics via GitHub—your metrics and business context version-controlled
- dbt integration—push logic from Count to dbt, reference dbt models in Count
- REST API—programmatic access for custom workflows
- MCP server—use Count's semantic layer in other tools
Full visibility:
- User, action, query, and event-level telemetry
- Comprehensive audit logs
- Query history and lineage
- Usage analytics
Flexible deployment:
- Gradual rollout—start with data teams, expand to business users
- Works alongside existing BI tools
- No forced migration—adopt at your own pace
Who benefits
Security/compliance teams:
- Meet regulatory requirements (SOC2, HIPAA, GDPR)
- Full audit trails and access controls
- Data governance at scale
Data platform teams:
- Keep business logic version-controlled in GitHub, not locked in a BI tool
- Integrate Count with your existing stack (dbt, orchestration, etc.)
- Single source of truth maintained outside Count
Teams using multiple tools:
- Use Count's compute layer and semantic layer in other applications
- Flexible integration options
- No vendor lock-in
Learn more
Security & permissions
- Workspace permissions - Roles and access control
- Data source permissions - Connection-level security
- Workspace telemetry - for company wide audit logs
Version control & integration
- Count Metrics + GitHub - Version-controlled metrics
- dbt integration - Bidirectional sync with dbt
Deployment
- Migration guides - From Looker & Tableau
- Professional services - Implementation support
- Multi-environment setup - Dev/staging/prod configurations available in Count Metrics