Brainy Prices — UAE Cost of Living MCP Server

Rank Dubai communities by estimated monthly cost of living: median registered rent + Dubai Municipality housing fee + DEWA (official slabs, example use) + transport + mobile + home internet, the same defaults as the website. Optionally add the cheapest KHDA tuition in each area.

Compare the total cost of a grocery list across Dubai supermarkets. Uses observed catalogue prices and published delivery rules; unknown delivery stays unknown. Product and quantity matches are explicit proposals. A single product is ranked by product price; minimum order is shown without excluding stores. Generic estimates are labelled and totalled separately; store order uses observed common products only.

Monthly cost of a car commute in Dubai with this month's official fuel price and Salik tolls (same formula as the website: days per month = days per week × 52/12). Parking, Darb and car ownership are not included.

Salary after tax at home vs in Dubai (0% personal income tax), or with household="business_owner" and profit, company tax plus dividend tax at home vs UAE mainland and qualifying free zone. Uses the published home-country tax model and CBUAE exchange rate, registered Dubai rent and projected monthly savings. Estimate, not tax advice; Small Business Relief is a notice only.

Annual tuition of Dubai private schools as published by KHDA (by grade, area, curriculum, inspection rating), with the school bus fee by zone and the uniform list where known. Grade labels are kept as published (Year ≠ Grade). With `near` (an area or community, e.g. "Jumeirah Park") it keeps schools within `radius_km` in a straight line, nearest first. Tuition only; confirm with the school.

Official school uniform items and prices for a Dubai/UAE school (supplier catalogue, item by item), plus KHDA tuition and school bus fees when linked. No kit total is invented: schools require different quantities.

Fixed monthly costs in Dubai this month for a single person (studio), a couple (1-bedroom) and a family of four (2-bedroom, two children in private school): registered rent (DLD median), housing fee, DEWA, getting to work (own car by default when published, with a partial no-car alternative; legacy fuel-only otherwise), mobile, home internet and, for the family, school fees; each line with its assumption, source and date. Fixed subtotals may include explicitly marked doubtful transport figures. Estimated groceries, when enabled, and health insurance legal minimums are separate labelled lines; with_estimates_aed is a separate range. Never present fixed totals as the full cost of living. The legacy grocery basket remains a separate reference. Not an official statistic.

DEWA electricity and water slab tariff with this month's fuel surcharge and VAT, plus a monthly bill estimate for your kWh and water use (imperial gallons or m³) and the Dubai Municipality housing fee (5% of annual rent) if you give the rent.

Prices of popular phones, laptops, tablets, consoles, headphones, watches and TVs at Dubai stores (Sharaf DG, Jumbo, Amazon.ae, noon, Carrefour): every store offer in AED, cheapest buyable offer and saving vs the highest price.

UAE petrol and diesel prices for the current month (AED per litre, official monthly announcement), change vs last month, full-tank cost and monthly history, plus Dubai Salik tolls, Abu Dhabi Darb tolls, Dubai public parking and, when published, nol public-transport fares (currently paused while we confirm the official source).

Health insurance rules in Dubai from official texts, each with its article and source: who must pay (employer or sponsor), the minimum cover and the fines. No insurer or broker prices; the premium, salary band, co-payments and annual limit of the Essential Benefits Plan are not published in an official source we can use. Abu Dhabi and the northern emirates are paused while we confirm the official source. Not legal advice.

Dubai mobile postpaid and home internet plans (Virgin Mobile, du, e&) with price per month including 5% VAT, data, minutes, contract and promo terms, cheapest first. Plans whose price is not shown are never ranked.

PAUSED: live online price references are switched off while a legal review is under way; calls return an error. Find indicative online prices from Google Shopping UAE. New searches have strict daily limits. If queued, wait retry_after_s before calling again. Delivery is excluded; check product variants, stock and final price at the store.

Get a catalogue product, observed store offers and product history where available. Basket-total history is never presented as product history. Generic estimates, when present, are labelled and never store prices.

Search the observed Dubai grocery catalogue by name, brand or identifier. Returns exact/equivalent matches and dated offers in AED. This does not run a live web search. Generic estimates, when present, are labelled and never store prices.

Median annual rent by community, property type and bedrooms from registered Ejari contracts (Dubai Land Department open data, last 12 months), with quartiles, new vs renewal and registered sale prices. Not asking prices.

List Dubai stores and their published delivery rules, minimum orders, source URLs and verification dates. Unknown or expired delivery rules are explicitly labelled.

Dubai taxi fares as published by Dubai Taxi Company (DTC): street-hail and booked (e-hail) starting fares by time of day, rate per km, waiting rate, minimum fares and the Sharjah surcharge, plus an estimate for one trip when `km` is given (published tariff only; Salik tolls and app surcharges excluded). Also Sharjah bus fares. Abu Dhabi taxis and Dubai public transport (nol) are paused while we confirm the official source; ride-hailing app prices are not collected.

Today's Dubai cost-of-living figures in one call: cheapest supermarket, biggest same-product price gap, fuel prices, a typical rent, tax savings, school fees and uniforms, each with its source and date.

Official government fees to move to Dubai by residence route (job, family, golden, remote work, freelance, investor): work permit, entry permit, residence, Emirates ID, medical test and insurance, who pays, processing time; or free-zone company setup packages (route "company"). Quotes the official wording.