Brainy Prices — UAE Cost of Living

ae.brainyPublished by brainy.aeOfficial publisherv2.0.0Updated Oct 24, 2026

Source-backed UAE costs: groceries, schools, housing, transport, utilities, telecom and relocation

VerifiedStreamable HTTPWeb executableLocation & LifestyleFinanceBusiness & Commerce

Overview

AI-generated overview

Remote MCP server giving assistants source-backed UAE cost-of-living figures: groceries, rent, schools, transport, utilities, telecom and relocation.

What you can do
  • Compare grocery prices: search Dubai supermarket products, list stores' delivery fees and minimums, price a shopping list per store, and read community price reports.
  • Look up housing: registered rent and sale medians by Dubai area, plus area and emirate cost rankings.
  • Estimate utilities, telecom and transport: DEWA tariffs or bill estimates, mobile and home internet plans, taxi, metro, bus, parking and toll fares, and commute costs.
  • Plan relocation and employment: residence visa routes, free zone company setup, health insurance rules, school fees, labour law and gratuity estimates, and net-pay comparisons by country.
  • Check provenance: data sources with publishers, licences and dates, plus…
When to use it
Useful when someone is weighing a move to Dubai or the UAE, budgeting a household, comparing areas, schools or salaries, or checking everyday costs such as groceries, fuel and transport. Also handy for answering UAE cost questions where the source and date of each figure matter.
Requirements
Remote streamable HTTP endpoint; no package, environment variables or headers declared. No authentication is declared, so no account or API key appears to be needed. Network access to the provider's endpoint is required.
Before you install
Most tools return estimates or published medians, not quotes or listings, and several state they are not legal, tax or insurance advice. Coverage is uneven: non-Dubai rent is unknown, some sources are paused, and grocery figures mix observed prices with labelled estimates. Verify figures against the cited sources before relying on them for decisions.

Installation

In SourceWeft

  1. Open Brainy Prices — UAE Cost of Living in the dashboard and add it to a workspace.
  2. Enable the server for the chats that should use its tools.

Web executable via Streamable HTTP. Remote servers run from the web runtime once configured in a workspace.

Use with an agent

Paste this prompt into Claude Code, Codex, Cursor or another agent — or into SourceWeft chat. The agent reads this server's install guide, shows you its publisher, endpoint and sign-in, and adds it to your client once you agree. Keys never go into a command.

Read https://sourceweft.com/mcp/ae.brainy%2Fgrocery-prices/install.md and connect the MCP server it describes to my client. Before changing any config, show me its publisher, endpoint and sign-in method and wait for my OK. Never put an API key in a command or in a file I would commit; ask me where it should come from.

Read the install guide the agent follows

Other MCP clients

Add this to your client's mcpServers config.

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "brainy-prices-uae-cost-of-living": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://prices.brainy.ae/mcp/v2"
    }
  }
}

Tools

26

commute_cost

Monthly/annual car commute cost (fuel+Salik), or published area routes. No parking.

Parametersfuelsortcursorto_areafrom_areapage_sizeto_hub_idemirate_idkm_per_dayl_per_100kmdays_per_weeksalik_per_day

costs_by_area

Dubai areas ranked by monthly cost: rent, fees, bills (+school). Not full budgets.

Parametersareasortcursorzone_idbedroomspage_sizetransportmin_contractsproperty_typeinclude_school

costs_by_emirate

Compare emirates: rent, utilities, schools. Non-Dubai rent unknown.

Parameterscursorpage_sizeemirate_id

data_sources

Where each number comes from: publishers, licences, dates, paused sources.

Parameterscursorstatuspage_sizesource_iddataset_idlicense_status

dewa

DEWA electricity/water: tariff slabs, or bill estimate from kwh (+water, VAT, fee).

Parameterskwhwater_m3water_gallonsannual_rent_aed

end_of_service_gratuity

UAE private-sector end-of-service gratuity estimate (Decree-Law 33/2021 art. 51): basic wage + dates → amount or range; not legal advice.

Parametersend_daterequiredstart_daterequiredunpaid_dayswork_patternbasic_monthly_aedrequiredtotal_monthly_wage_aed

fixed_monthly_costs

Monthly fixed costs for a household profile, with assumptions. Not a full budget.

Parametersprofilepage_size

free_zone_companies

Free zone company setup: package prices, annual/monthly cost, visas.

Parameterszonecursoremiratepage_sizepublished

fuel_prices

UAE petrol/diesel prices this month and last, change, 50/70 L tank cost, history.

Parameterstofromsortcursorpage_sizeinclude_history

fx_rates

AED exchange rates (CBUAE, dated). Not bank quotes.

Parameterscurrency

grocery_compare_list

Cheapest store for a shopping list: per-store subtotals, delivery fees, minimums. Observed + labelled estimates.

Parametersareaitemsrequired

grocery_products

Dubai supermarket prices: search by name; product_id for per-store pack/unit offers, dates, history. Not MOET.

Parameterssortquerycursorstore_idpage_sizecomparisonproduct_idavailabilityavailable_onlyinclude_offers

grocery_stores

Grocery stores: delivery fees, free-delivery thresholds, minimum orders.

Parameterssortcursorstore_idpage_sizedelivery_rule_status

health_insurance

Dubai health insurance rules: who pays, basic plan band/benefits, fines. Not quotes.

Parametersemiratepage_size

housing_rents

Rent in a Dubai area: registered annual/monthly medians and contract counts. Not listings.

Parametersqsortzonecursorzone_idbedroomscontractpage_sizemin_contractsproperty_type

housing_sales

Sale prices by Dubai area: ready/off-plan registered medians. Not listings.

Parameterssortzonecursormarketzone_idbedroomspage_sizeproperty_type

labour_calculator

UAE labour law estimates (Decree-Law 33/2021): overtime pay, annual leave, final settlement. Not legal advice.

Parametersend_dateday_hourscalculatorrequiredstart_datenight_hoursnotice_daysnotice_cut_bywages_owed_aedleave_taken_daysbasic_monthly_aedrequiredunused_leave_daysnotice_worked_days+1 more

ministry_shop_prices

MOET-published shop prices of Dubai essentials by chain/category.

Parametersqsortcursorcategorychain_idpage_sizeproduct_id

mobile_internet_plans

UAE mobile and home internet plans: VAT-inclusive price, data, contract.

Parameterssorttypecursorstatusmax_aedplan_idoperatorpage_sizemin_data_gb

move_to_dubai

Move to Dubai? Home vs Dubai net pay, taxes, FX, costs, savings. No country: models. Owner: household=business_owner + profit. Not tax advice.

Parametersareaiso2sortcursorprofitstatuscountryvariantbedroomscurrencyhouseholdpage_size+5 more

residence_visas

UAE residence visas by route: payer, requirements, fees, medical/insurance bands.

Parametersroute_idpage_sizeinclude_common_fees

schools

Dubai school fees: KHDA tuition by grade/year, bus fees, distance. q: school name; near: zone; school_id: detail. Year ≠ Grade; uniforms paused.

Parametersqareanearsortgradecursorratingpage_sizeradius_kmschool_idcurriculummax_fee_aed

shopper_price_reports

Community price reports by product/store, with date and promos.

Parametersareasortcursorstore_idpage_sizeproduct_idpurchased_since

start_here

Call first: coverage, the 5 most useful calls with ready arguments, data freshness and how to cite.

Takes no parameters.

tax_savings_by_country

Tax saved by moving to Dubai, per country, typical pay. Not tax advice.

Parameterscursorcountryhouseholdpage_size

transport_fares

Taxi fare estimate, or metro/bus fares, parking and toll tariffs. Not app quotes.

Parameterskmmoderequiredbookingemiratepage_sizeto_sharjahoperator_idwait_minutes

Version history

3
  1. v2.0.0LatestOct 4, 2026
  2. v1.1.0Oct 2, 2026
  3. v1.0.0Sep 30, 2026

Score

83% of the applicable checks met

How complete this listing is, computed from the registry entry, the endpoint and public sources. Not a rating of the server and not a statement that it is safe or working today: reachability is a dated check, and no installs or reviews go into the score.

  • Reached in the last 30 daysRequired25 pts
  • Auth declaredRequired10 pts
  • Tools listedRequired15 pts
  • DescriptionRequired15 pts
  • Logo10 pts
  • Documentation15 pts

    Declare a GitHub repository with a README, or serve resource_documentation in the OAuth protected-resource metadata.

  • LicenseNot applicable

    A hosted service is used under its provider's terms, so no license is expected here. This check is left out of the percentage.

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