AI coding assistants in the UAE and Saudi Arabia: 2026 prices in AED and SAR
This guide gives the monthly price of GitHub Copilot, Cursor, Codex, Claude Code and similar tools in dirhams and riyals. It lists the free tiers and the 2026 changes, and shows which vendor offers data residency in the UAE.
Nikolay Zuykov · Agenticum · 29 October 2026
AI coding assistants in 2026: four kinds of tool
We group the tools in this guide by where they run.
- Editors and IDE extensions: GitHub Copilot, whose agent mode works in VS Code, Visual Studio, JetBrains, Eclipse and Xcode. Also Cursor, Devin Desktop (the editor that Windsurf's pricing page now sells) and Antigravity IDE.
- Command-line tools: GitHub Copilot CLI, the Codex CLI, and Antigravity CLI, where free and Google AI plan users of Gemini CLI moved on 18 June 2026.
- Task tools: Jules, which counts usage in daily tasks and can run several at the same time, and Codex on the web, which has cloud-based integrations such as automatic code review and Slack.
- App builders: Lovable, Bolt, Replit Agent, and v0 by Vercel, which deploys apps to Vercel.
Claude Code is included in Claude Pro and in Claude Team standard seats.
Price table in USD, AED and SAR
Prices are monthly amounts. Entries marked "billed annually" need annual billing. We converted US dollars at 3.6725 AED and 3.75 SAR per dollar. Cursor and v0 say their prices exclude VAT. For the other vendors, check the tax line at checkout.
| Plan | USD | AED | SAR | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Copilot Pro | 10 | 36.73 | 37.50 | 1,500 credits (1,000 base + 500 flex) |
| Copilot Pro+ | 39 | 143.23 | 146.25 | 7,000 credits, premium models |
| Copilot Max | 100 | 367.25 | 375.00 | 20,000 credits |
| Copilot Business, per seat | 19 | 69.78 | 71.25 | 1,900 pooled credits |
| Copilot Enterprise, per seat | 39 | 143.23 | 146.25 | 3,900 pooled credits |
| Copilot Standalone access, per user | 10 | 36.73 | 37.50 | No included credits |
| ChatGPT Go (Codex) | 8 | 29.38 | 30.00 | |
| ChatGPT Plus (Codex) | 20 | 73.45 | 75.00 | GPT-6.1 Sol, GPT-6 Luna |
| ChatGPT Pro | 100 / 200 / 500 | 367.25 / 734.50 / 1,836.25 | 375 / 750 / 1,875 | No five-hour limit at present |
| ChatGPT Business, per user | 20 billed annually / 25 billed monthly | 73.45 / 91.81 | 75.00 / 93.75 | Two or more users |
| Claude Pro (includes Claude Code) | 20 billed monthly / 17 billed annually | 73.45 / 62.43 | 75.00 / 63.75 | |
| Claude Max | from 100 | from 367.25 | from 375.00 | 5x or 20x Pro usage |
| Claude Team standard seat | 20 billed annually / 25 billed monthly | 73.45 / 91.81 | 75.00 / 93.75 | Includes Claude Code |
| Cursor Plus | 8 | 29.38 | 30.00 | Grok models only |
| Cursor Premium | 30 | 110.18 | 112.50 | |
| Cursor Super | 100 | 367.25 | 375.00 | |
| Cursor Ultra | 200 | 734.50 | 750.00 | |
| Cursor Teams, per user | from 30 | from 110.18 | from 112.50 | |
| Devin Desktop (Windsurf) Pro | 20 | 73.45 | 75.00 | |
| Devin Desktop (Windsurf) Max | 200 | 734.50 | 750.00 | Higher quotas |
| Devin Teams | 80 + 40 per full seat | 293.80 + 146.90 | 300 + 150 | Full seats include Devin Desktop |
| Antigravity via Gemini Enterprise, per seat | from 30 | from 110.18 | from 112.50 | Pay-as-you-go also offered |
| Google AI Pro | 76.99 (UAE local price) | Not confirmed | Raises Antigravity and Jules limits | |
| Replit Core | 20 / 18 billed annually | 73.45 / 66.11 | 75.00 / 67.50 | Includes US$20 of model usage |
| Replit Pro | 100 | 367.25 | 375.00 | |
| v0 Business, per user | 100 | 367.25 | 375.00 | Training opt-out by default |
| Bolt Pro | 25 | 91.81 | 93.75 | 10M tokens, with rollover |
Copilot counts its monthly allowance in GitHub AI Credits, and 1 credit equals US$0.01. GitHub says the flex part of each allowance may change over time. Business and Enterprise seats add their credits to a shared pool, and use beyond the pool is charged at US$0.01 per credit. In Cursor, third-party models are not covered by the plan price. They are billed separately at API list price.
Free AI coding assistants and student access
| Tool | Free tier |
|---|---|
| GitHub Copilot Free | 2,000 completions a month, entry-level models. Copilot CLI is available on every plan, including Free. |
| Google Antigravity | US$0 individual plan: unlimited tab completions, basic weekly rate limits |
| Codex | Included in ChatGPT Free |
| Jules | 15 tasks a day, 3 at the same time |
| Cursor | Free plan at US$0 |
| v0 by Vercel | 7 messages a day |
| Bolt | 1M tokens a month |
| Lovable | 5 build credits a day (up to 30 a month) and 20 Cloud credits a month |
Students verified through GitHub Education get Copilot for free, and GitHub rechecks eligibility every month. The student plan uses automatic model selection only and does not include third-party agents. Verified teachers and maintainers of popular open-source projects may get Copilot Pro for free.
What changed in 2026: Gemini Code Assist to Antigravity, and other shifts
| Date | Change |
|---|---|
| 18 June 2026 | Gemini Code Assist IDE extensions and Gemini CLI stopped serving users on the Gemini Code Assist for individuals, Google AI Pro and Google AI Ultra tiers. Free and Google AI plan users moved to Antigravity CLI. The Gemini CLI code is still open source under Apache 2.0. |
| 16 September 2026 | The Ninth Circuit upheld the dismissal of the DMCA claims in Doe v. GitHub (see below). |
| 9 October 2026 | Google stopped selling new Gemini Code Assist Standard and Enterprise subscriptions. Existing subscriptions auto-renew through 2026, and auto-renewal ends in 2027. |
| 14 October 2026 | GPT-5.5 was retired from Codex for users who sign in with ChatGPT. Sessions that use an API key were not affected. |
Three other points from the vendors' current pages: Windsurf's pricing page now sells its editor as Devin Desktop. Cursor subscriptions are sold only through X Subscription Corp, and the Plus plan includes Grok models only. GitHub Copilot now bills AI usage in AI Credits.
If you used Gemini Code Assist as an individual, Google points you to Antigravity. It has a free plan, and Google AI Pro raises its limits. Business customers are directed to Antigravity through eligible Gemini Enterprise subscriptions or through Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform.
Cursor vs Copilot (and Devin Desktop, Antigravity)
| GitHub Copilot | Cursor | Devin Desktop | Antigravity | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lowest paid plan | Pro, AED 36.73 | Plus, AED 29.38 | Pro, AED 73.45 | Free plan; Google AI Pro AED 76.99 |
| Models | Entry-level on Free, premium on Pro+ | Plus is Grok-only; third-party models at API list price | Not covered here | A range of agent models |
| Usage period | Monthly credit allowance | Allowance refreshes weekly | Not covered here | Basic weekly rate limits on the free plan |
| Where it runs | VS Code, Visual Studio, JetBrains, Eclipse, Xcode, CLI | Its own code editor | Its own desktop editor | App, IDE, extensions, CLI, SDK |
| Training control | Not covered here | Privacy mode: code not used for training by Cursor or its model providers | Not covered here | Not covered here |
Consider Copilot if your team uses several of the supported IDEs and wants a shared monthly credit pool. Consider Cursor Plus if Grok models are enough for your work. Cursor's allowance refreshes each week. The Codex IDE extension also works in VS Code, Cursor and Windsurf.
OpenAI Codex explained: plans, models, CLI and API
Codex comes with the ChatGPT Free, Go, Plus, Pro, Business, Edu and Enterprise plans. Plus subscribers get GPT-6.1 Sol and GPT-6 Luna in Codex on the web, in the CLI, in the IDE extension and on iOS. Usage limits depend on the model and the task. OpenAI gives its estimates of local messages per five-hour period for Plus and Standard Business, and Pro plans currently have no five-hour limit.
You can also use Codex with an API key. In that case usage is billed at API rates, and Codex runs in the CLI, the SDK or the IDE extension without cloud features such as GitHub code review or Slack. The models you get are the ones your API key can access. Enterprise and Edu plans add audit logs and controls for data retention and data residency.
UAE and Saudi Arabia: availability, Arabic prompts and data residency
| Service | UAE on supported list | KSA on supported list | In-country residency |
|---|---|---|---|
| OpenAI API | Yes | Yes | UAE region for eligible customers, with extra approval from sales |
| ChatGPT Enterprise and Edu (new customers) | Not covered here | Not covered here | UAE data residency and inference residency; Saudi Arabia not listed |
| Anthropic (policy covers Claude Code) | Yes | Yes | Not covered here |
| GitHub Enterprise Cloud | Not covered here | Not covered here | EU, Australia, US and Japan only; no Gulf region |
This guide does not cover data residency for GitHub Copilot itself. The GitHub row above refers to GitHub Enterprise Cloud.
OpenAI lists the UAE among ten ChatGPT data residency regions. It is also one of only three regions with inference residency, alongside the EU and the US. Residency is open to eligible API customers and to new ChatGPT Enterprise and Edu customers. Choosing the UAE region for the API needs extra approval from OpenAI sales. Under UAE inference residency, ChatGPT currently offers only GPT-5.5 and GPT-5.6 Luna. That is a different set of models from the GPT-6.1 Sol and GPT-6 Luna that Plus users get in Codex.
Saudi Arabia is not among the GitHub Enterprise Cloud data residency regions or the OpenAI ChatGPT data residency regions. If your rules require data to stay in the Kingdom, ask each vendor to confirm the region in writing. On language, GitHub says English is the primary supported language for Copilot Chat. If your team writes prompts in Arabic, run a trial on your own code before you buy seats.
Legal and procurement checklist (incl. the GitHub Copilot lawsuit)
In Doe v. GitHub, the Ninth Circuit upheld on 16 September 2026 the dismissal of programmers' DMCA claims against GitHub, Microsoft and OpenAI over Copilot. The court did not consider the programmers' input theory, because they had failed to preserve it in the district court.
- Decide where your data may live. If it must be stored in the UAE, look at ChatGPT Enterprise or Edu (for new customers) or the OpenAI API with the UAE region (for eligible customers, with sales approval).
- Match the tool to how your team works. For editor use, the options in this guide are Copilot, Cursor and Devin Desktop. For the command line, they are Copilot CLI, Codex CLI and Antigravity CLI. For app building, they are Lovable, Bolt, Replit and v0.
- Work out the price in AED or SAR at the rates above, and add VAT where the vendor's price excludes it.
- Check the usage period. Cursor's allowance refreshes weekly, Antigravity's free plan has weekly rate limits, and Copilot gives a monthly allowance.
- Check which models you get. Cursor Plus is Grok-only, and UAE inference residency in ChatGPT limits the models available.
- Enable privacy mode in Cursor. On v0 Business, training opt-out is enabled by default.
- If you are on Gemini Code Assist Standard or Enterprise, plan your move to Antigravity before auto-renewal ends in 2027.
Sources
- https://github.com/features/copilot/plans
- https://docs.github.com/en/copilot/get-started/plans
- https://docs.github.com/en/copilot/how-tos/copilot-on-github/set-up-copilot/enable-copilot/set-up-for-students
- https://docs.github.com/en/copilot/concepts/agents/about-copilot-cli
- https://docs.github.com/en/copilot/responsible-use/chat-in-your-ide
- https://docs.github.com/en/enterprise-cloud@latest/admin/data-residency/about-github-enterprise-cloud-with-data-residency
- https://learn.chatgpt.com/docs/pricing
- https://github.com/openai/codex
- https://help.openai.com/en/articles/9903489-data-residency-and-regional-data-processing-for-chatgpt
- https://platform.openai.com/docs/guides/your-data
- https://platform.openai.com/docs/supported-countries
- https://www.anthropic.com/supported-countries
- https://claude.com/pricing
- https://cursor.com/pricing
- https://windsurf.com/pricing
- https://docs.cloud.google.com/gemini/docs/codeassist/release-notes
- https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli
- https://antigravity.google/pricing
- https://one.google.com/about/plans
- https://jules.google/docs/usage-limits
- https://replit.com/pricing
- https://v0.app/pricing
- https://bolt.new/pricing
- https://lovable.dev/pricing
- https://www.gibsondunn.com/ninth-circuit-clarifies-limits-of-dmca-liability-for-ai-generated-code/