Free tool. AI vs hiring calculator
Pick a role, set the salary and the hours you need covered, and see how many people it takes and what they cost with employer costs, against the AI agent for the same job. Every assumption can be changed.
1.15–1.35 is typical once leave, gratuity and benefits are counted
The starting price for one agent; add-ons are priced in your proposal
Paid to the providers; an example, your proposal estimates yours
Saved each month with the AI agent
AED 17,938
- People needed
- 3.5
- Cost per person a month
- AED 6,125
- People cost a month
- AED 21,438
- Agent cost a month
- AED 3,500
- Agent build, once
- AED 25,000
- Build paid back in
- 1.4 months
- Difference in the first year
- AED 190,250
How it is worked out
- 01
People needed = hours to cover each week ÷ hours one person works each week
- 02
Cost per person = salary × the employer-cost multiplier + visa and insurance spread over 12 months
- 03
People cost = people needed × cost per person
- 04
Agent cost = running costs paid to the providers plus maintenance, if you choose it; the one-off build (from AED 25,000) is shown separately with the months it takes to pay back
The defaults
- 01
Salaries: typical Dubai figures for each role (GulfTalent, Payscale, Indeed, 2024–2026)
- 02
48 hours a week per person: the UAE's standard working week
- 03
1.25 times salary: the middle of the 1.15–1.35 range employers report once leave, gratuity and benefits are counted
- 04
AED 6,000 a year for visa and insurance: within the reported AED 3,000–7,000 first-year visa cost plus basic insurance
Sources
An estimate from the published rules as of October 2026, not legal, tax or financial advice.
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