KPI benchmark

How much money does AI save?

Absolute cost saved per year.

How to measure it

Annual fully loaded cost before minus after, net of the cost of running the AI.

Across the library

23 reported values (currency), listed per use case below. Absolute volumes depend on organization size and are not pooled.

2 reported values (currency), listed per use case below. Absolute volumes depend on organization size and are not pooled.

1 reported value (currency), listed per use case below. Absolute volumes depend on organization size and are not pooled.

1 reported value (currency), listed per use case below. Absolute volumes depend on organization size and are not pooled.

1 reported value (currency), listed per use case below. Absolute volumes depend on organization size and are not pooled.

1 reported value (currency), listed per use case below. Absolute volumes depend on organization size and are not pooled.

Higher is better. Unit: currency.

Reported values by use case

AI for airline fuel efficiency optimization

AI for building HVAC and energy optimization

AI for creating employee training and eLearning content

  • Five BelowUSD 240,000 · vendor claim
  • Zoomup to USD 1500 · vendor claim

AI for eDiscovery and disclosure document review

AI internal talent marketplace for matching employees to projects, roles and mentors

AI predictive maintenance for industrial and energy assets

  • EquinorUSD 120 million · organization claim
  • Duke Energyat least USD 34 million · vendor claim

AI agent for travel and expense report audit

  • Airbusat least USD 200,000 · vendor claim

AI for employee attrition prediction and retention analytics

  • IBMabout USD 300 million · organization claim

AI for legacy code modernization

  • AmazonUSD 260 million · organization claim

Use cases that should track cost savings

Frequently asked questions

How do you measure cost savings?
Annual fully loaded cost before minus after, net of the cost of running the AI.
Where do these cost savings numbers come from?
From public AI deployments in the Blits.ai AI Use Case Library. Every value is quoted from a named source, each organization counts once, and "up to" claims are listed but left out of the median.