# Brainy Prices, UAE Cost of Living Muse connector

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## Brainy Prices, UAE Cost of Living

Look up current UAE costs for groceries, rent, utilities, schools, fuel and relocation planning.

- Record: https://musedirectory.ai/connector/brainy-prices-uae-cost-of-living
- Category: Research & Data
- Developer: Brainy (https://prices.brainy.ae/developers.html)
- Muse status: Extra setup. Not in Muse's Connectors list yet. Muse can still use it: its page gives you a request to paste into Muse.
- Health: Working, 449ms, checked 2026-10-29T09:46:04Z
- Endpoint: https://prices.brainy.ae/mcp/v2
- Auth: No account needed; Pricing: unknown
- Screening: Screened, no issues found (2026-10-28T12:41:17Z)
- Source: Found in the official MCP Registry (ae.brainy/grocery-prices) https://registry.modelcontextprotocol.io/v0/servers?search=ae.brainy%2Fgrocery-prices

Connects to UAE cost-of-living data including grocery prices across stores, housing rents and sales by area, utility bills, school tuition, fuel prices, mobile plans, and relocation cost comparisons. Muse can help you research living expenses and budget for moving to or within the UAE.

Example request: "What's the average rent for a two-bedroom apartment in Dubai Marina and how much would utilities cost?"

How to connect: Not in Muse's Connectors list yet, but Muse can still use it. Paste this into Muse: "Use Brainy Prices, UAE Cost of Living to help me. It is a free service with an MCP server at https://prices.brainy.ae/mcp/v2. It does not need an API key. Ask me before you share anything with it." Muse asks before it shares anything with the app's site. Meta does not review apps used this way, so only use ones you trust. We tested this in the Muse app on September 24, 2026: Muse used an app's link directly this way and returned a live answer.

Tools:
- 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: AED exchange rates (CBUAE, dated). Not bank quotes.
- grocery_compare_list: Cheapest store for a shopping list: per-store subtotals, delivery fees, minimums. Observed + labelled estimates.
- grocery_products: Dubai supermarket prices: search by name; product_id for per-store pack/unit offers, dates, history. 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: Rent in a Dubai area: registered annual/monthly medians and contract counts. 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 shop prices of Dubai essentials by chain/category.
- 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; school_id: detail. Year ≠ Grade; uniforms paused.
- shopper_price_reports: Community price reports by product/store, with date and promos.
- start_here: Call first: coverage, the 5 most useful calls with ready arguments, data freshness and how to cite.
- 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.

Screening checks:
- MCP handshake: pass (Answered in 381ms)
- Domain against threat feeds (Cloudflare security DNS): pass (prices.brainy.ae not flagged)
- Published packages against the OSV malicious-package database: n/a (No npm or PyPI package published)
- Hidden instructions or invisible characters in tool text: pass (24 tools read, nothing found)
- Inputs asking for passwords, card numbers or seed phrases: pass (None found)
- Domain and redirects: pass (No redirects off the domain)
- AI review of purpose and tool behavior: pass (No concerns)