Forrester Consulting: GitLab Duo Agent Platform delivers 400% ROI

This post details a Forrester Consulting Total Economic Impact™ study that found organizations using GitLab Duo Agent Platform achieve a 400% ROI and $7.5 million in net present value over three years. The study quantifies benefits such as 80% faster new developer onboarding, a 75% reduction in migration timeline (from 8 months to 2), 40% of time back for security and QA engineers, and 20% more weekly developer time for feature work. It highlights how agentic coding and AI agents accelerate individual output and compound returns through infrastructure built for the full software lifecycle, enabling faster feature releases, security remediation, and migration.