Agentic AI ROI: Cost per Unit of Work | Pensero [Let's talk](../book-demo) [Login](/auth/login/) [Login](/auth/login/) [Let's talk](../book-demo) [Login](/auth/login/) User adoption 92% 236 of 257 engineers 12 devs this quarter AI cost $4,425 extra spend, quarter to date 25% from last quarter Token efficiency 4.2k tokens per delivery point Defect rate 1.8% of total delivery 10.6pp improvement Token efficiency improving every week ↓ 4,218 tokens / pt today vs 10k+ in Nov NovDecJanFebMarAprMay Tokens per delivery point AI spend stays lean as adoption scales $4,425 total · $101.71 per engineer NovDecJanFebMarAprMay Weekly AI usage cost AI-assisted PRs now drive 82% of delivery 1,859 pts shipped with AI this quarter NovDecJanFebMarAprMay PR deliveryOOO lossAI-assisted trend Defects shrinking as AI usage rises From 12.4% → 1.8% defect rate since Nov NovDecJanFebMarAprMay Defect costBug fixingAI adoption agentic roi # Prove what your agentic investment returned. # Prove what your agentic investment returned. # Prove what your agentic investment returned. Outcome-based measurement Cost per unit of work Return in evidence [Agent budgets get approved on promise. Pensero measures the outcome, cost per unit of delivered work, human, AI-assisted or agent, so you can prove the return.](https://pensero.ai/?hubspotutk=c1f0028b99e7118bf1afb216a605208e&ph_distinct_id=019e8d19-544b-79b6-a444-7bdd504210fa&ph_session_id=019e9203-9740-7404-abba-85717098b081&ph_source=framer_landing#pr1) [Let's talk](../book-demo) Measuring the agentic workforce at fast-growing companies around the world ![](/framerusercontent/images/LrmBEKC0Q6CjW5xLnu8RW8kQpQ.png?width=7497&height=1558) ![](/framerusercontent/images/h71Cxx5XNRzbG2MehCqIfB4U7fs.png?width=112&height=256) ![](/framerusercontent/images/ionZouKGJUi714ZQaqtoeu1Grs.png?width=116&height=256) ![](/framerusercontent/images/YfZGGEysCcvTIMYbcMsh9i5lwFQ.png?width=7497&height=1958) ![](/framerusercontent/images/jgGyW1O7xXfMV3i8WPVG6Rcgs4.png?width=4031&height=1165) Measuring the agentic workforce at fast-growing companies around the world ![](/framerusercontent/images/LrmBEKC0Q6CjW5xLnu8RW8kQpQ.png?width=7497&height=1558) ![](/framerusercontent/images/h71Cxx5XNRzbG2MehCqIfB4U7fs.png?width=112&height=256) ![](/framerusercontent/images/ionZouKGJUi714ZQaqtoeu1Grs.png?width=116&height=256) ![](/framerusercontent/images/YfZGGEysCcvTIMYbcMsh9i5lwFQ.png?width=7497&height=1958) ![](/framerusercontent/images/jgGyW1O7xXfMV3i8WPVG6Rcgs4.png?width=4031&height=1165) ## We are the agentic AI expense management tool, the one that tells you what the spend gave back. ## We are the agentic AI expense management tool, the one that tells you what the spend gave back. ## We are the agentic AI expense management tool, the one that tells you what the spend gave back. Outcome-based measurement Outcome-based measurement #### Evidence, not advocacy #### Evidence, not advocacy Our outcome-based delivery measurement has been battle-tested for years, across millions of datapoints and thousands of developers, to turn agentic spend into solid evidence of return. Not a projection, not a vendor's promise. What the work actually delivered, priced in one comparable unit. ![](/framerusercontent/images/PGAuwIBhnGb3IeeNse0ZoiGva8c.png?width=1360&height=1112) Millions of datapoints Measurement calibrated on real production work, not a reference architecture. Thousands of developers A baseline for how work actually gets done before agents touch it. Cost per unit of delivered work The return in one unit you can compare across humans, assistants and agents. How Pensero works ## From baseline to agentic manager, in three moves How Pensero works ## From baseline to agentic manager, in three moves STEP 1 Deploy & baseline Deploy Pensero and get a baseline. Every unit of work, human, AI-assisted or agent, measured on one scale from day one, so you know where you're starting from. STEP 1 Deploy & baseline Deploy Pensero and get a baseline. Every unit of work, human, AI-assisted or agent, measured on one scale from day one, so you know where you're starting from. STEP 2 Identify & evolve Identify the improvement areas. See how AI and agents actually move your organization, understand where they help and where they don't, and evolve with Pensero's suggestions. STEP 2 Identify & evolve Identify the improvement areas. See how AI and agents actually move your organization, understand where they help and where they don't, and evolve with Pensero's suggestions. STEP 3 Iterate to the frontier Iterate until it's dialled in. Pensero was battle tested in the human arena, it knows how work really gets done, so it doesn't just report on your agents, it manages them. STEP 3 Iterate to the frontier Iterate until it's dialled in. Pensero was battle tested in the human arena, it knows how work really gets done, so it doesn't just report on your agents, it manages them. We spent years measuring how humans work. That's the difference no other player has, and it's why Pensero can be your agentic manager, not just your agentic dashboard. "I'll pay for every AI tool you want. What I ask in return is: show me how you're going faster." Andrew Eye CEO & Founder, ClosedLoop [Read Story](https://pensero.ai/customers/closedloop?utm_source=linkedin&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=323417278&hubspotutk=e40903bd0b8d5758186f58fdc5d69ab6&ph_distinct_id=019c72b0-8f9f-7931-8af6-7a9b8f92d864&ph_session_id=019f4215-148b-792a-83cd-bd25947c433a&ph_source=framer_landing) ## Questions teams ask ## Questions teams ask ## Questions teams ask What do you mean by "return"? How is this different from tracking agent spend? How do you know what "good" looks like? What does it take to get a baseline? Can Pensero actually manage agents, or just report on them? ## More on Pensero's platform ## More on Pensero's platform ## More on Pensero's platform [AI Deployment Understand the true impact of AI on engineering performance.](./ai-intelligence) [Delivery Intelligence See how work actually moves across teams and tools.](./delivery-intelligence) [Delivery Intelligence See how work actually moves across teams and tools.](./delivery-intelligence) [Code Quality Track maintainability, defects, and rework over time.](./code-quality) [Code Quality Track maintainability, defects, and rework over time.](./code-quality) [Talent & Benchmarking Benchmark and calibrate engineering performance fairly.](./talent-benchmarking) [Financial Reporting Turn engineering activity into R&D and capitalization reporting.](./capex-analysis) See the product in action See the product in action See the product in action ## Turn agent spend into a provable return ## Turn agent spend into a provable return See what your agentic investment delivered, per unit of work, human, AI-assisted or agent. See what your agentic investment delivered, per unit of work, human, AI-assisted or agent. 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