Household bills, from the source
DEWA, ADDC and SEWA bills, district cooling, gratuity and final settlement, rent increases and Salik tolls, worked out from the official tariff or law. Every figure is dated.
Figures last checked
Find your calculatorFigures you can trace
Hivly is a reference, not a portal. Each page names the document its numbers come from, links to it, and says when we last checked it.
- 10
- calculators, in English and Arabic
- 7
- authorities whose tariffs and laws we follow
- 49
- official documents cited, with links
- 31 October 2026
- the last time a figure was checked against its source
The tools
| Tool | What it works out | Whose figures | Last checked |
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| Utilities | |||
| DEWA bill calculator | Electricity and water bill in Dubai, slab by slab | DEWA, Dubai | |
| Abu Dhabi electricity and water bill | TAQA tariff for citizens and expats, with daily allowances | DoE and TAQA Distribution, Abu Dhabi | |
| SEWA bill calculator | Sharjah electricity, water and sewerage bill | SEWA, Sharjah | |
| District cooling charges | Capacity and consumption charges explained | Dubai Supreme Council of Energy and providers | |
| Work and pay | |||
| Gratuity calculator | End-of-service pay under the UAE Labour Law | Federal Decree-Law 33 of 2021 | |
| Final settlement | Gratuity, unused leave, notice and last salary together | Federal Decree-Law 33 of 2021 | |
| Overtime pay | Overtime, rest-day and night work rates | Federal Decree-Law 33 of 2021 | |
| Housing | |||
| Dubai housing fee | The municipality housing fee billed with DEWA | Dubai Municipality | |
| Dubai rent increase | The legal maximum increase at renewal | RERA, Dubai Land Department | |
| Driving | |||
| Salik toll calculator | Monthly toll cost from your daily route, VAT included | Salik and RTA, Dubai | |
The hive's figures
Hivly is named for the hive: figures collected from the authorities, checked against the source, and kept current as they change.
Every page is written in English and Arabic, with the same figures on both.
اقرأ هيفلي بالعربيةCollected, checked, kept current
Hundreds of pages of tariffs, decrees and circulars become one figure you can rely on, with its link and its date.
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Collected
We read the tariff, decree or circular itself, from the authority's own site or the official gazette. Not a news story about it.
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Checked
Each figure goes into a dataset with its source link and the date we opened it. Calculators are tested against the authority's own worked examples where one exists.
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Kept current
When a tariff or law changes, the page, the calculator and the change log are updated together, and the date moves.
Who runs Hivly
- Based in
- United Arab Emirates
- Languages
- English, Arabic
- Contact
- hello@hivly.net
Hivly is written and built by Syed Shehzad Gillani, a software developer based in the UAE. He writes the calculators, reads the tariffs and laws they rest on, and checks each figure before it is published. Hivly is independent: none of the authorities whose figures it explains runs it, pays for it or is connected to it. It is free to use and paid for by advertising.
Who runs HivlyAuthorities
- Dubai Electricity and Water Authority Dubai
- Department of Energy Abu Dhabi
- Sharjah Electricity, Water and Gas Authority Sharjah
- Dubai Municipality Dubai
- RERA, Dubai Land Department Dubai
- Ministry of Human Resources and Emiratisation Federal
- RTA and Salik Dubai
These are the bodies whose published figures we follow. None of them is connected to Hivly.
Questions, answered
Is Hivly an official site? No. Hivly is independent and unofficial. It is not connected to DEWA, ADDC, SEWA, RTA, Parkin, Salik, MOHRE, RERA or any other authority. Your bill, your contract or the authority itself is always the final word.
Where do the numbers come from? From the tariff, law, decree or circular published by the authority that sets them. Every tool page lists those documents with links and the date we last opened them.
How current are the figures? Each page shows the date its figures were last checked against the source. When an authority changes a rate, we update the page and record the change in its change log.
Why might my bill differ from the estimate? Billing periods are rarely exactly a month, meters are sometimes estimated, and some charges depend on your account. The calculators show each line of the working so you can see where a difference comes from.
Does Hivly keep what I type? No. The calculators run in your browser and what you enter is not sent to us. There are no accounts and no sign-ups.
Who pays for Hivly? Advertising served by Google AdSense. Advertisers have no say in what the pages say. The privacy policy explains how the ads use cookies.
Is this legal or financial advice? No. It is general information to help you check a figure. For a dispute over a final settlement or a rent increase, go to MOHRE, the Rental Disputes Centre or a qualified adviser.
I found a figure that has changed. Thank you. Email hello@hivly.net with the page and a link to the new tariff or law. We check it against the source and update the page.