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[Home](/en) [Insights](/en/insights) [AI Search & LLMO](/en/insights/ai-search) AI Search ROI: Is LLMO Worth It? AI Search & LLMO Data & Research Recent Last reviewed: 17 May 2026 · 100d ago # AI Search ROI: Is LLMO Worth It? ## TL;DR Quick Answer Cited by AI > AI search ROI is the measurable return from LLMO/GEO investment — citations on ChatGPT, Perplexity, Claude, Gemini, and Google AI Overviews. The honest framing: with ~60% of Google searches ending without an open-web click (SparkToro, 2024), the ROI question is whether the at-risk demand is worth protecting, not whether LLMO produces a guaranteed lift. Roughly 60% of Google searches now end without an open-web click (SparkToro, 2024). The right ROI question is not whether LLMO pays back — it is whether you can afford to ignore the 60% of demand that traditional SEO can no longer capture. This data article walks through the inputs, cost components, and revenue drivers we use with Alice Labs clients to model AI search ROI honestly. AI search ROI is the measurable return on investment from optimizing content for AI answer engines (ChatGPT, Perplexity, Claude, Gemini, Google AI Overviews) — known as LLMO or GEO. ROI is modelled across citation-driven brand lift, traditional SEO co-benefits, and position protection on queries vulnerable to AI Overviews. Because zero-click search ends ~60% of Google queries (SparkToro, 2024), AI search ROI is increasingly framed as a question of demand-capture risk, not just incremental upside. ![Eric Lundberg - Author at Alice Labs](/images/eric-lundberg.png) Written by [Eric Lundberg ](https://www.linkedin.com/in/eric-lundberg-3530451bb/) ![Linus Ingemarsson - Reviewer at Alice Labs](/images/linus-ingemarsson.png) Reviewed by [Linus Ingemarsson ](https://www.linkedin.com/in/linus-ingemarsson/) Published May 6, 2026 · Updated May 17, 2026 11 min read ~60% Of Google searches end without an open-web click — addressable AI-search demand [SparkToro / Datos 2024](https://sparktoro.com/blog/in-2024-we-finally-satisfyingly-measured-how-much-of-google-search-traffic-goes-to-google-properties/) Up to 40% Visibility lift from citation-rich content in generative engines (peer-reviewed) [Aggarwal et al. 2024 (arXiv:2311.09735)](https://arxiv.org/abs/2311.09735) +2,092% Click increase for an Alice Labs media client after a focused GEO optimization sprint Alice Labs client case (verified) What you'll learn(6 points) - Why the right AI search ROI question is about at-risk demand, not incremental lift - The five input variables we use to model LLMO ROI with Alice Labs clients - Realistic cost components — setup, ongoing content, monitoring, tooling - Where revenue actually shows up (citations → brand → conversions, not direct clicks) - Real Alice Labs client outcomes — Ljusgårda, a media client, a public-sector deployment - How to build a defensible 12-month payback case without inventing numbers ## Key Takeaways - Reframe the question. Instead of 'is LLMO ROI positive?', ask 'is the ~60% zero-click share of search demand worth chasing?' (SparkToro / Datos 2024). - ROI modelling needs five inputs: current organic traffic, % at-risk to AI Overviews, citation frequency baseline, brand search lift potential, and LLMO investment level. - Cost components are predictable. A typical Nordic enterprise programme runs ~€50K for setup and ongoing low-to-mid five figures monthly for content, monitoring, and tooling. - Revenue rarely shows up as direct AI-referral clicks. It shows up as branded search lift, traditional SEO co-benefits, and position protection on at-risk queries. - Aggarwal et al. (2024) found citation-rich content lifted generative-engine visibility by up to 40% (arXiv:2311.09735) — the strongest peer-reviewed signal that LLMO investment moves the needle. - Verified Alice Labs client outcomes anchor what 'good' looks like: Ljusgårda saved 2.5M SEK/year (83% cost reduction); a media client saw +2,092% clicks after a GEO sprint; a public-sector deployment freed 6,400-8,000 hours/year. ### Contents 11 min left - [01 The ROI Question, Reframed ](#the-roi-question-reframed) - [02 The Five ROI Input Variables ](#the-roi-input-variables) - [03 Cost Components: What an Honest LLMO Programme Actually Costs ](#cost-components) - [04 Revenue Components: Where AI Search Returns Actually Show Up ](#revenue-components) - [05 Alice Labs Client Cases: Verified Outcomes, Not Marketing Numbers ](#alice-labs-client-cases) - [06 The Alice Labs ROI Model: From Inputs to Decision ](#the-alice-labs-roi-model) Part of [AI Search Optimization: The Complete Guide for 2026](/en/insights/ai-search-optimization-guide) 01 / 06 Chapter ## The ROI Question, Reframed The right AI search ROI question is not 'is LLMO ROI positive?'. It is 'is the ~60% zero-click share of search demand worth chasing — and what is the cost of ignoring it?' Most LLMO ROI debates start with the wrong question. Finance teams ask whether the new investment will return a positive number. That framing assumes the baseline (no LLMO) is risk-free. It is not. The SparkToro / Datos 2024 clickstream study by Rand Fishkin found roughly 58.5% of US and 59.7% of EU Google searches now end without an open-web click. That share is the part of search demand traditional SEO has already lost. The right question is therefore the inverse. Of the ~60% of search demand that is zero-click today, how much is relevant to your category — and what is the cost of being absent from those answers for the next 12 to 24 months? That reframe matters because it changes the discount rate. ROI on a defensive investment (protecting at-risk demand) is evaluated against the counterfactual loss, not against a stable baseline that no longer exists. Three structural facts make this defensive framing the honest one. Each is verifiable and dated. - **Google AI Overviews launched broadly in May 2024.** Informational queries are now routinely answered in-page, with multi-source synthesis. - **ChatGPT Search launched October 31, 2024.** A second, fully conversational search front opened — with its own citation logic. - **Perplexity AI (founded 2022) is zero-click by design.** Its product surface assumes the user reads the synthesised answer, not the underlying article. None of those platforms will roll back. The question is how much of your category's demand they will mediate by 2027. Reframe the boardroom question Stop asking 'will LLMO ROI be positive?'. Start asking 'what share of our category's search demand is zero-click today, and what is the cost of being uncited there for 12-24 months?' The answer reframes LLMO as risk management, not speculative growth. 02 / 06 Chapter ## The Five ROI Input Variables In short AI search ROI is modelled from five inputs: current organic traffic, % at-risk to AI Overviews, citation frequency baseline, brand search lift potential, and LLMO investment level. Together they let you estimate downside risk, upside potential, and payback timing. We use five inputs to model AI search ROI with Alice Labs clients. Each is observable from public or first-party data — no estimates required. The point of the model is not to produce a single ROI number. It is to make the ROI conversation auditable, so a CFO can challenge any input and see exactly which assumption moved the output. **1\. Current organic traffic.** Total monthly organic sessions from Google Search Console. This is the denominator everything is sized against. **2\. % at-risk to AI Overviews.** The share of current organic traffic on informational queries — typically top-of-funnel content like "what is X" or "how does Y work". Tools like Authoritas and Semrush flag AI Overview presence on specific queries. **3\. Citation frequency baseline.** How often your domain appears as a cited source today across ChatGPT, Perplexity, Claude, Gemini, and Google AI Overviews on category-defining prompts. This is what the Alice Labs LLMO Citation Benchmark measures. **4\. Brand search lift potential.** Branded search volume in Google Trends and Search Console. The signal is whether brand search has been flat or rising — a rising baseline with stable marketing spend often indicates AI citations are already adding value. **5\. LLMO investment level.** Total annualised spend on setup, ongoing content, monitoring, and tooling. This is the denominator of the ROI ratio. None of these inputs require speculation. They are all observable today, before any LLMO work begins. That observability is what makes the ROI model defensible. ROI input variables — the five observable signals that drive AI search ROI modelling Input variable Where to find it Why it matters Sensitivity Current organic traffic (monthly) Google Search Console — last 12 months The denominator everything is sized against High — small base means absolute ROI is small even with strong % % at-risk to AI Overviews Authoritas / Semrush AIO tracking on top 100 queries Defines the demand-capture risk you are protecting High — the larger this share, the stronger the defensive case Citation frequency baseline (today) Alice Labs LLMO Citation Benchmark or fixed prompt set Lower baseline = more upside; higher baseline = position to protect Medium — frames whether LLMO is offence or defence Brand search lift potential Google Trends + GSC branded query trend (12mo) Citations rarely click but they raise brand search — that lift compounds Medium — slow signal, but compounds over 6-12 months LLMO investment level (annualised) Setup + ongoing content + monitoring + tooling The cost denominator of the ROI ratio High — small differences in tooling or content cadence move payback by months Source: Alice Labs LLMO ROI model (used in 100+ Nordic implementations) 03 / 06 Chapter ## Cost Components: What an Honest LLMO Programme Actually Costs In short A typical Nordic enterprise LLMO programme has three cost components: setup investment (~€50K range), ongoing content and monitoring (low-to-mid five figures monthly), and tooling. The exact mix depends on internal capacity and category complexity. Cost is the easy half of any ROI model. It is observable up front, controllable, and rarely surprises a CFO. Revenue is harder, which is why we treat costs first. Three categories cover almost every line item in a Nordic enterprise LLMO programme. The qualitative ranges below reflect what we typically see across Alice Labs implementations. **1\. Setup investment.** One-time. Covers the initial citation benchmark, content audit, Schema.org rollout, llms.txt deployment, and entity-graph cleanup. Typical range for a Nordic mid-market enterprise sits around the €50K mark, depending on how much existing structured data is already in place. **2\. Ongoing content and monitoring.** Recurring. Covers content optimization sprints, quarterly citation benchmarking, AI Overview monitoring, and editorial review of new content for citability. Typical monthly run-rate sits in the low-to-mid five figures. **3\. Tooling.** Recurring. Covers AI search visibility tools (Otterly, Profound, or Semrush AI Overview tracking), schema validation, and rank-tracking tools that now include AIO presence flags. Often combinable with existing SEO tooling. For market context, the broader LLMOps tooling category itself is growing rapidly. Marketgenics estimates the LLMOps tools market at USD 2.8 billion in 2025 growing to USD 14.2 billion by 2035. Tooling cost will fall in real terms over the programme horizon. One implication is straightforward. The largest cost line is usually content — not tooling, and not setup. Programmes that under-invest in editorial capacity tend to produce the weakest ROI, regardless of how much they spend on monitoring. Setup vs ongoing — the right ratio A healthy Nordic enterprise LLMO programme spends roughly 20-30% on one-time setup and 70-80% on ongoing content and monitoring over the first 12 months. Programmes that flip the ratio (heavy setup, light ongoing) consistently underperform — citations decay if content does not stay fresh. 04 / 06 Chapter ## Revenue Components: Where AI Search Returns Actually Show Up In short AI search revenue rarely arrives as direct AI-referral clicks. It shows up as citation-driven brand search lift, traditional SEO co-benefits from the same content quality work, and position protection on queries that would otherwise be lost to AI Overviews. The revenue side is where most ROI models go wrong. Teams search GA4 for "chatgpt.com" referrals, see small absolute numbers, and conclude LLMO does not pay back. That is a measurement artefact. AI-referral traffic in GA4 is the smallest, most visible part of the return. Most of the value sits in three other places — and finance teams who model only the visible part will systematically underestimate ROI. **1\. Citation → brand search → conversion.** The dominant return path. A user sees your brand cited inside a ChatGPT or Perplexity answer, does not click, but later searches your brand name directly. That branded search shows up in GSC as organic traffic with high intent and high conversion rates. **2\. Traditional SEO co-benefits.** Almost every tactic that improves AI citation share also improves traditional ranking. Schema.org markup, entity clarity, citation-rich content, freshness — all are top-tier Google ranking signals. The same investment lifts both citation share and organic rankings. **3\. Position protection.** The least sexy and most under-counted. On informational queries where AI Overviews now dominate, being one of the cited sources preserves visibility that would otherwise be lost. Modelling "no LLMO" as a flat baseline misses this — the real counterfactual is gradual decline. The Aggarwal et al. (2024) GEO paper is the strongest peer-reviewed evidence that the visibility lift is real. Their tests of nine content modifications found citation-rich, statistic-rich, and quotation-rich content delivered up to a 40% lift in source visibility inside generative engines (arXiv:2311.09735). One way to size the broader market context: Grand View Research values the global LLM market at USD 1.44 billion in 2023 growing to USD 22.07 billion by 2030 — a 48.8% CAGR. The money flowing into AI products is the same money that will flow through their citations. Where the GEO research lands ROI Aggarwal et al. (2024) tested nine content modifications across multiple generative engines. The winners — adding inline citations, specific statistics, and quotation from authoritative sources — produced up to 40% visibility lift. The losers — fluency tweaks, jargon stuffing, unique-word injection — moved nothing (arXiv:2311.09735). arxiv.org/abs/2311.09735 ![Linus Ingemarsson](/images/linus-ingemarsson.png)![Eric Lundberg](/images/eric-lundberg.png)![Alice Holmgren](/images/alice-holmgren.png) Alice Labs practitioner team ## Want a defensible AI search ROI model for your business? We run a discovery sprint that pulls your current organic traffic, AI Overview at-risk share, and citation baseline — then builds the payback timeline and 12-month NPV range your CFO can audit. No invented numbers. [Request an AI Search ROI Discovery](#contact) 05 / 06 Chapter ## Alice Labs Client Cases: Verified Outcomes, Not Marketing Numbers In short Three verified Alice Labs client outcomes anchor what 'good' looks like for AI search and adjacent AI optimization work: Ljusgårda saved 2.5M SEK/year (83% cost reduction); a media client saw +2,092% clicks after a GEO sprint; a public-sector deployment freed 6,400-8,000 hours/year. Generic ROI figures are easy to invent. Verified client outcomes are harder. The three cases below are from Alice Labs implementations and are reported with the same numbers we use in client-facing work. They span different industries and different optimization scopes, but all share the same underlying mechanic — AI- informed content, citation, and workflow optimization delivering measurable, auditable outcomes. **Ljusgårda — 2.5M SEK/year savings, 83% cost reduction.** Operational cost reduction through AI-augmented workflows. The dominant savings line is recurring, which is why the programme paid back inside 12 months. **Media client — +2,092% click increase via GEO optimization.** A focused generative engine optimization sprint produced an order-of-magnitude click lift on the optimized content set. The increase was driven by citation share growing first, with click-through following on the queries where AI Overviews still link out. **Public-sector deployment — 6,400 to 8,000 hours/year freed.** Workflow optimization across an internal knowledge-search use case. The hours-back number is the most durable proof point because it does not depend on traffic attribution windows. None of these cases produces a generic "LLMO ROI is X%" number. They produce specific, verifiable outcomes inside specific operating contexts. That is the level of evidence we recommend any LLMO ROI model defend itself on. One broader proof point sits behind all three. The Alice Labs Implementation Index 2026 measured a 96% combined production rate across our deployments — versus the ~26% industry rate reported by BCG/MIT. Programmes only return on investment when they actually ship. Production discipline is the missing ROI variable in most failed AI investments. Production rate: the hidden ROI variable Alice Labs Implementation Index 2026 — 96% combined production rate across our Nordic enterprise deployments. The BCG/MIT industry baseline is roughly 26%. Most LLMO programmes underperform on ROI not because the discipline doesn't work, but because they never ship enough optimized content to compound. ### Want to discuss how this applies to your organization? Book a free 30-minute strategy call with our AI team. [Book a call](/en/ai-consulting-services#contact-form) 06 / 06 Chapter ## The Alice Labs ROI Model: From Inputs to Decision In short The Alice Labs ROI model takes the five input variables, applies cost components, and produces a defensible payback timeline, 12-month NPV range, and sensitivity analysis. The output is not a single number — it is a defensible decision under explicit assumptions. We resist the temptation to publish a single canonical "LLMO ROI = X%" number. Any honest model produces a range, anchored to assumptions a CFO can audit and challenge. The Alice Labs ROI model produces three outputs, in this order. Each is a deliberate choice — not a single answer, but a defensible decision frame. 1. **Payback timeline.** When does cumulative revenue (citation-driven brand search lift + traditional SEO co-benefit + position protection) cover the cumulative investment? Typically expressed as a range (e.g. "9-14 months") rather than a point. 2. **12-month NPV range.** Net present value over the first year, with explicit upper and lower bounds. The spread itself is a deliverable — it tells the CFO how sensitive the case is to each assumption. 3. **Sensitivity analysis.** Which input variable moves the output most? In our experience, the % at-risk to AI Overviews and the LLMO investment level tend to be the two highest-leverage variables. Citation baseline and brand lift potential are lower-leverage but compound over time. What the model deliberately does not do is publish industry- average payback months or a generic "LLMO returns X% in 12 months" claim. Those numbers do not exist with the methodological rigour required to be useful at board level. Use the inputs in this article to model your own ROI. The defensible answer for your business is the one built from your own GSC traffic, your own at-risk query share, and your own LLMO investment plan — not a generic figure. Build the model, not the answer If a vendor offers you a flat 'LLMO ROI is X%' figure with no inputs, treat it as marketing. The defensible answer for your business comes from running your own organic traffic, at-risk query share, citation baseline, and investment plan through a transparent model. ## About the Authors & Reviewers Published May 6, 2026 · Updated May 17, 2026 Written by ![Eric Lundberg - Co-Founder, Alice Labs at Alice Labs](/images/eric-lundberg.png) [Eric Lundberg](https://www.linkedin.com/in/eric-lundberg-3530451bb/) Co-Founder, Alice Labs Co-Founder at Alice Labs. Builds AI automation, agent workflows and integration systems that hold up in real business operations. - AI automation & agent systems lead - Workflow design across 100+ deployments - Specialist in RAG, integrations & APIs [View profile](https://www.linkedin.com/in/eric-lundberg-3530451bb/) [](https://www.linkedin.com/in/eric-lundberg-3530451bb/)[](mailto:eric@alicelabs.ai) Reviewed by May 17, 2026 ![Linus Ingemarsson - Co-Founder, Alice Labs at Alice Labs](/images/linus-ingemarsson.png) [Linus Ingemarsson](https://www.linkedin.com/in/linus-ingemarsson/) Co-Founder, Alice Labs Co-Founder at Alice Labs. Author of 7 research reports on AI adoption, governance and labor markets cited across EU, OECD and US benchmarks. - 8+ years in AI strategy & implementation - Top-5 AI Speaker, Sweden (Mindley 2025) - 100+ enterprise AI engagements [View profile](https://www.linkedin.com/in/linus-ingemarsson/) [](https://www.linkedin.com/in/linus-ingemarsson/)[](mailto:linus@alicelabs.ai) Published May 6, 2026 · Updated May 17, 2026 Reviewed for technical accuracy, methodology and source integrity. · All claims trace to public sources cited in-line. ## Frequently Asked Questions ### Is LLMO worth it in 2026? It depends on how much of your category's search demand is now zero-click. SparkToro / Datos 2024 measured ~58.5% of US and ~59.7% of EU Google searches as ending without an open-web click. If a meaningful share of your demand is on informational queries already mediated by AI Overviews, ChatGPT Search, Perplexity, Claude, or Gemini, LLMO is increasingly a defensive necessity rather than a growth bet. ### When does LLMO ROI typically show up? Citation share moves first — usually within the first quarter for well-executed programmes. Branded search lift and traditional SEO co-benefits compound over 6-12 months. Direct AI-referral clicks (chatgpt.com, perplexity.ai) are the smallest and slowest signal. Build payback expectations around the first two paths, not the third. ### What does LLMO setup actually cost? For a Nordic mid-market enterprise, setup investment typically sits around the €50K mark — covering an initial citation benchmark, content audit, Schema.org rollout, llms.txt deployment, and entity-graph cleanup. The number scales with how much existing structured data and content quality is already in place. ### What are the ongoing costs of an LLMO programme? Ongoing costs typically run in the low-to-mid five figures monthly for a Nordic enterprise. The mix is roughly: content optimization (largest line), quarterly citation benchmarking, AI Overview monitoring, and tooling. Tooling alone is usually a small fraction — content capacity is the dominant cost. ### How do I track AI search ROI when GA4 doesn't show citations? Combine four signals. (1) Citation share — fixed prompt sets run weekly across ChatGPT, Perplexity, Claude, Gemini. (2) Branded search lift — GSC and Google Trends. (3) GA4 referral traffic from chatgpt.com, perplexity.ai, gemini.google.com (small but high-intent). (4) Self-reported source field on lead forms — add ChatGPT, Perplexity, Claude as explicit options. Together they triangulate what GA4 alone cannot. ### When is LLMO not worth investing in? Three cases. (1) Your category is overwhelmingly bottom-of-funnel commercial intent that AI Overviews rarely trigger on. (2) You have no existing content or organic baseline — fix the foundation first. (3) Production capacity is the binding constraint. Per the Alice Labs Implementation Index 2026, programmes that cannot ship optimized content consistently do not return on investment, regardless of strategy quality. ### How does LLMO ROI compare to traditional SEO ROI? They are complementary, not competing. The same fundamentals — Schema.org markup, entity clarity, citation-rich content, freshness — drive both AI citations and traditional rankings. Aggarwal et al. (2024) found citation-rich content lifted generative-engine visibility by up to 40% (arXiv:2311.09735), and the same content typically lifts traditional rankings as well. Most clients run them as a single integrated programme. ### What's the biggest hidden ROI variable most teams miss? Production rate. The Alice Labs Implementation Index 2026 measured a 96% combined production rate across our deployments versus a ~26% industry baseline (BCG/MIT). LLMO programmes only return on investment if they actually ship optimized content consistently. Most failed programmes fail on execution discipline, not strategy. [Previous in AI Search & LLMO ### GEO Strategy: How to Optimize for Google AI Overviews (2026) ](/en/insights/geo-strategy-ai-overviews)[Next in AI Search & LLMO ### Citation Optimization for AI: Get Linked from AI Answers (2026) ](/en/insights/citation-optimization-ai) ## Further reading - [SparkToro — 2024 zero-click search study (Rand Fishkin / Datos)](https://sparktoro.com/blog/in-2024-we-finally-satisfyingly-measured-how-much-of-google-search-traffic-goes-to-google-properties/)· sparktoro.com - [GEO: Generative Engine Optimization (Aggarwal et al., 2024)](https://arxiv.org/abs/2311.09735)· arxiv.org - [llms.txt — Answer.AI proposal (Jeremy Howard, Sep 2024)](https://llmstxt.org)· llmstxt.org ## Related reading [glossary ### What Is LLMO? Large Language Model Optimization Explained Glossary definition of LLMO — the discipline that this ROI model is built around. 7 min](/en/insights/what-is-llmo) [deepdive ### Zero-Click Search in the AI Era Deep dive on the SparkToro 60% zero-click finding — the demand-risk number behind this ROI case. 12 min](/en/insights/zero-click-search-ai-era) [pillar ### AI Search Optimization: Complete Guide for 2026 Full playbook covering ChatGPT, Perplexity, Claude, and Google AI Overviews. 14 min ](/en/insights/ai-search-optimization-guide) ## Sources 1. [SparkToro / Datos — 2024 zero-click search analysis (Rand Fishkin)](https://sparktoro.com/blog/in-2024-we-finally-satisfyingly-measured-how-much-of-google-search-traffic-goes-to-google-properties/)(accessed 2026-05-06) 2. [Aggarwal et al. — GEO: Generative Engine Optimization (arXiv:2311.09735, 2024)](https://arxiv.org/abs/2311.09735)(accessed 2026-05-06) 3. [Google — Generative AI in Search (broad AI Overviews launch, May 2024)](https://blog.google/products/search/generative-ai-google-search-may-2024/)(accessed 2026-05-06) 4. [OpenAI — SearchGPT is now ChatGPT (ChatGPT Search launch, October 31, 2024)](https://openai.com/index/searchgpt-is-now-chatgpt/)(accessed 2026-05-06) 5. [Grand View Research — Large Language Model Market Size & Share Report (USD 1.44B 2023 → USD 22.07B 2030, 48.8% CAGR)](https://www.grandviewresearch.com/industry-analysis/large-language-model-llm-market-report)(accessed 2026-05-06) 6. [Alice Labs LLMO Citation Benchmark — quarterly tracking of 100 SaaS brands across ChatGPT, Perplexity, Claude, Gemini](https://alicelabs.ai/en/ai-search)(accessed 2026-05-06) 7. [Alice Labs Implementation Index 2026 — 96% combined production rate across Nordic enterprise deployments](https://alicelabs.ai/en/insights/alice-labs-implementation-index-2026)(accessed 2026-05-06) 8. [Alice Labs client cases (verified) — Ljusgårda (2.5M SEK/yr savings, 83% cost reduction); Media client (+2,092% click increase via GEO); Public-sector deployment (6,400-8,000 hours/year freed)](https://alicelabs.ai/en/case-studies)(accessed 2026-05-06) Next scheduled review: 2026-08-15 ![Linus Ingemarsson](/images/linus-ingemarsson.png)![Eric Lundberg](/images/eric-lundberg.png)![Alice Holmgren](/images/alice-holmgren.png) Alice Labs practitioner team ## Talk to the team behind 100+ AI implementations 30-minute discovery call with a senior Alice Labs consultant. No slide deck, no sales pitch — just a scoping conversation. [Book a Discovery Call](#contact) Share [](https://www.linkedin.com/sharing/share-offsite/?url=https%3A%2F%2Falicelabs.ai%2Fen%2Finsights%2Fai-search-roi)[](https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?url=https%3A%2F%2Falicelabs.ai%2Fen%2Finsights%2Fai-search-roi&text=AI%20Search%20ROI%3A%20Is%20LLMO%20Worth%20It%3F%20A%202026%20Investment%20Model) ## Get in Touch! 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