Outcomes
What AI delivers, and whether it lasts
Compare reported ROI, agent and non-agent results, deployment durability, and the implementation choices behind them — grounded in source-linked enterprise AI evidence.
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1,536 of 3,905 public AI cases report measurable results. Time & speed leads the evidence: a median 50% reduction across 313 reported metrics.
Durability
Do reported outcomes last?
Of the 166 deployments first documented in 2023 that can be judged, 97% still have live public evidence today. This measures evidence durability, not whether a system remains in production.
Organization expanded
66.9%
Original source live
30.1%
Lost public footprint
3%
Implementation
Build, buy, or compose?
How teams delivered the outcomes in 2,748 deployments where the implementation approach is documented.
2,748 of 3,826 cases classified (72%)
Agents vs classic AI
Do agents change the ROI math?
Median reported result per outcome category, agentic vs non-agentic deployments · A larger magnitude is a larger reported change.
Agentic deployments report larger median results in productivity & throughput (+60% vs +40%), cost savings (−47% vs −40%), customer experience, but smaller revenue & growth and quality & accuracy and automation & deflection results, and time & speed is a wash.
Time & speedeven
median reduction · n 118 vs 195
Cost savingsagents +7 pp
median reduction · n 42 vs 137
Productivity & throughputagents +20 pp
median improvement · n 35 vs 73
Revenue & growthclassic +14 pp
median improvement · n 24 vs 45
Quality & accuracyclassic +12 pp
median improvement · n 21 vs 42
Customer experienceagents +5 pp
median improvement · n 27 vs 26
Automation & deflectionclassic +18 pp
median reduction · n 11 vs 13
277 agentic and 585 classic deployments report a comparable quantified result in this window.
ⓘ How this is measured
Each row compares the median normalized result reported by agentic deployments (IsAgentCase) against all other AI deployments, within one outcome category and one direction of change — the same direction-split medians as the outcome benchmarks above, so the modules reconcile. A category is shown only when both cohorts carry at least 8 comparable metrics in this window.
These are reported outcomes from vendor-linked evidence, not a controlled comparison — teams choose what to publish, and agent projects may simply target different work. The 2024+ toggle holds publication vintage constant because agent cases skew newer. Risk/safety (medians pin near 100%) and sustainability (too few agent metrics) are excluded.
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Median results by outcome category
Each category's reported reduction or improvement, with the p25–p75 spread — normalized so you can benchmark magnitudes side by side.
Time & speed
891 cases · 1,303 metrics
Reported reduction
50%median · 313 metrics
Reported improvement
60%median · 143 metrics
Cost savings
270 cases · 311 metrics
Reported reduction
40%median · 179 metrics
Reported improvement
53.5%median · 16 metrics
Productivity & throughput
154 cases · 170 metrics
Reported reduction
50%median · 9 metrics
Reported improvement
40%median · 108 metrics
Quality & accuracy
115 cases · 128 metrics
Reported reduction
35%median · 26 metrics
Reported improvement
41%median · 63 metrics
Revenue & growth
90 cases · 112 metrics
Reported reduction
31%median · 2 metrics
Reported improvement
40%median · 69 metrics
Automation & deflection
79 cases · 88 metrics
Reported reduction
50%median · 24 metrics
Reported improvement
49%median · 19 metrics
Adoption & scale
73 cases · 94 metrics
Reported reduction
56%median · 2 metrics
Reported improvement
250%median · 8 metrics
Customer experience
58 cases · 68 metrics
Reported reduction
30%median · 8 metrics
Reported improvement
25%median · 53 metrics
Strategic outcomes
Non-quantified strategic results
3,900 cases report a strategic outcome that isn't a single number — a new business model, market expansion, a new capability, and more.
New product / capability
2,328 cases
Speed & agility
2,159 cases
Customer experience & trust
2,117 cases
Risk & compliance
1,382 cases
Scale & capacity
1,321 cases
Better decisions & insight
1,102 cases
Cost efficiency
1,038 cases
Employee experience
494 cases
Market & geographic expansion
290 cases
Innovation & culture
271 cases
Sustainability & ESG
227 cases
Ecosystem & partnerships
223 cases
Competitive differentiation
140 cases
New business model
100 cases
Other strategic outcome
258 cases
ⓘ How these benchmarks are measured
Quantified results are extracted from each case's published impact statements, assigned to a fixed outcome taxonomy, and normalized for comparability: percentages are used as reported (implausible figures are excluded), multipliers like "3x faster" are converted to percent equivalents, and time units are converted to hours. Medians and quartiles are computed over percent-comparable metrics only; vendor-published evidence skews toward successes, so treat these as reported outcomes, not guaranteed results.
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