Same question.
Two very different answers.
Ask your CRM a normal business question. On the left, what you get today. On the right, what Canon gives you: one number, with the definition, the approver, and the lineage behind it. Both sides are typed at the same speed, right now.
What you get today
Three tools, three answers, no source of truth
What Canon gives you
One approved metric, and the receipts
Illustrative example. These figures are not live data, they show how Canon resolves a question once a metric is approved.
Try it yourself
Type any question you'd ask your CRM. Canon resolves it to an approved metric, or tells you honestly that no approved definition exists yet, instead of inventing one.
Why this is worth doing
Every number has an owner
A metric isn't live until a human approves its definition. The approver's name travels with the answer.
The AI can't freelance
Questions resolve to approved metrics only. No approved definition means Canon says so. It never guesses a number.
Answers are reproducible
Definitions are versioned. Last quarter's board number can be re-run exactly as it was computed then.
Get early access
Canon is in private build. Leave your email and we'll bring you in as soon as onboarding opens, earliest cohort first.
Who uses Canon
Built for teams where the numbers matter.
Head of Data
Stop being the bottleneck between business questions and answers.
Define every metric once, with an approved name, definition, and governed query, and enforce it everywhere. You stop re-explaining what revenue means.
CFO / VP Finance
Every board-deck number has a chain of custody.
Finance and data aligned on a single approved definition. Every number that goes to the board has a named approver on record.
Compliance Lead
Every answer logged with its metric and a timestamp.
Canon logs every question, the metric used and the answer, with a timestamp, from day one. The record is there when someone asks where a number came from.
Common questions
What teams ask before they start.
- Is my data safe? Does Canon store it?
- Yes, Canon stores it. An uploaded CSV is loaded into a private database file in your workspace on Canon's servers, so your approved metrics can be re-run against it. Your data rows are not sent to an AI model. To draft metric definitions, Canon sends the column profile (column names, types, null and distinct-value counts, and the report's date range, currency and time zone when present) to its AI provider (OpenAI or Anthropic). When you ask a question, the question and your approved metric definitions are sent so the model can pick the right metric. Canon then computes the number from your data itself.
- Does it work with our data warehouse (Snowflake, BigQuery, Redshift)?
- The current version connects via CSV upload, which works with any stack: export a sample, upload it, and Canon drafts your metrics. Native warehouse connectors are on the roadmap. Your approved metric definitions are warehouse-agnostic YAML.
- How does setup work?
- Upload a CSV, the wizard drafts metric definitions, an approver publishes one, then you ask a question. You don't write SQL or integration scripts.
- Who controls which metrics get approved?
- You do. The ledger is role-gated: editors draft, approvers publish. Canon enforces the boundary in code, so no one bypasses the approval step. You decide who holds the approver role.
- What happens when underlying data changes?
- An approved metric can have a golden query that records the expected result. When the check is re-run and the result no longer matches within tolerance, Canon marks it failed, so you see the drift before you rely on the number.
- What's the pricing?
- Canon is in private beta. Early teams get founder pricing, so email us to reserve a spot. We're building with a small group of data teams who care about governance before scaling access.
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Pricing
Simple, transparent pricing.
Canon is in private beta. Early teams get founder pricing, full access while we build with a small group who care about governance before scale.
Private Beta
during beta · no credit card
- Unlimited governed metrics
- RBAC, approver + editor roles
- Full audit trail (every answer logged)
- Golden-query drift checks
- Multi-surface (branded query pages)
- Email support
Enterprise
talk to us about your team's needs
- Custom connection setup
- Priority onboarding call
- On-premise / private cloud option
- SSO + custom RBAC policies
- Dedicated Slack support channel
- Custom data-retention policy
Founding-team pricing available post-beta for early adopters. Email us to get in early.
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