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Brainy Prices — UAE Cost of Living

ae.brainy/grocery-prices

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

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Uptime
100.0%
5 direct probes · 30d
Response
1474ms
last probe
Tools
26
callable
Resources
9
readable
Prompts
5
available
Primary URL
https://prices.brainy.ae/mcp/v2
Score: 100/100
Handshake verified by our own probe.
pass Answers the MCP handshake 50/50
The handshake and the list calls succeeded on the primary URL.
pass Lists tools, resources or prompts 30/30
26 tools, 9 resources, 5 prompts returned.
pass 3 or more catalogue items 10/10
40 items in total; 3 or more earns these points.
pass Describes itself 10/10
98 characters; more than 30 earns these points.

Tools · 26

commute_cost

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

costs_by_area

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

costs_by_emirate

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

data_sources

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

dewa

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

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.

fixed_monthly_costs

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

free_zone_companies

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

fuel_prices

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

fx_rates

Dated CBUAE AED exchange rates. Not bank quotes.

grocery_compare_list

Cheapest store for a list: subtotals, delivery fees, minimums. items: ["milk"]. Observed + labelled estimates.

grocery_products

Dubai supermarket prices: per-store pack/unit offers, dates, history. Give query (product name), e.g. milk, or product_id. Not MOET.

grocery_stores

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

health_insurance

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

housing_rents

Registered Dubai rent: annual/monthly medians, contract counts. zone or q: JVC. Not listings.

housing_sales

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

labour_calculator

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

ministry_shop_prices

MOET-published Dubai shop prices. category: bread or chain_id/product_id. Not online offers.

mobile_internet_plans

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

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.

residence_visas

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

schools

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

shopper_price_reports

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

start_here

Tool selection help: examples and citations.

tax_savings_by_country

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

transport_fares

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

Resources · 9

catalog_datasets

Metadata-only index of dataset cards and tools, no rows.

brainy-prices://catalog/datasets
changes_current

Latest20 metadata-only changes, no row diffs.

brainy-prices://changes/current
methodology_costs

Fixed partial costs, component assumptions and missing emirate coverage.

brainy-prices://methodology/costs
methodology_groceries

Observed offers, units, exact/equivalent, cohort, delivery and single-store methodology.

brainy-prices://methodology/groceries
methodology_housing

Registered DLD rents/sales, samples, quartiles, period and license.

brainy-prices://methodology/housing
methodology_relocation

Dated tax/FX calculations, residency assumptions, exclusions, no personal input storage.

brainy-prices://methodology/relocation
methodology_schools

Historical KHDA Year/Grade tuition, OSM straight-line distance, bus/uniform scope and rights.

brainy-prices://methodology/schools
policies_access

Anonymous/free-key quotas, double opt-in and no bulk access policy.

brainy-prices://policies/access
policies_sources

Rights metadata and deliberate pauses by source, not the underlying datasets.

brainy-prices://policies/sources

Prompts · 5

check_sources

Inspect metadata, methods and source permissions for a topic without downloading its dataset.

compare_areas

Compare fixed cost components for a supplied housing scenario without inventing rental coverage outside Dubai.

compare_grocery_list

Compare only the grocery items a user actually supplied; distinguish observed offers, official reference prices and buyer reports.

compare_moving_from

Compare a supplied home-country salary scenario with Dubai, using dated tax, FX and partial costs; ask for missing personal assumptions.

school_shortlist

Shortlist nearby schools by the exact published Year/Grade label, historical tuition and approximate straight-line distance.

How to use

Claude Desktop or claude.ai: add a custom connector (Customize → Connectors; on Team and Enterprise plans an owner adds it under Organization settings → Connectors) with this server URL: https://prices.brainy.ae/mcp/v2

Cursor or Cline: add to your MCP config:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "brainy_prices_\u2014_uae_cost_of_living": {
      "url": "https://prices.brainy.ae/mcp/v2",
      "transport": "streamable-http"
    }
  }
}