LuMay AI Platform — Deployment, UAE
AI Deployment Options for UAE Data Residency
The main deployment page already documents five real deployment models — SaaS through on-prem — built around data residency and control. This page applies that existing choice to the UAE's actual data protection landscape: federal PDPL for mainland entities, and separate DIFC and ADGM regimes for free-zone entities, without claiming LuMay operates any infrastructure inside the UAE itself.
Questions to confirm before you choose a deployment model
Each answer reflects LuMay's current, documented deployment architecture and publicly available UAE data-protection law — not legal advice, and not a claim that LuMay hosts anything inside the UAE.
Which of the five deployment models actually keeps data under our control in the UAE?
The default SaaS model runs in LuMay's own Azure tenancy — not something you control the location of. Bring Your Own Cloud (BYOC) runs in your own Azure or AWS subscription, so you choose the region, including the UAE regions both providers publish. Private cloud/VPC and on-prem Kubernetes go further, keeping data in your own network boundary or data center entirely. If UAE data residency is a requirement, BYOC, private cloud, or on-prem are the models to evaluate — not SaaS.
Does choosing BYOC or on-prem mean LuMay has a UAE presence?
No. LuMay doesn't operate a UAE data center or office under any of these models. BYOC means you provision your own Azure/AWS subscription in whichever region you choose; on-prem means your own infrastructure, wherever it is. The deployment-model flexibility is real and already documented on the main deployment page — the UAE-specific part is entirely your own choice of region or location, not a LuMay commitment.
Which UAE law actually drives this decision for us?
It depends on where your entity is registered. Mainland UAE entities fall under the federal Personal Data Protection Law (Federal Decree-Law No. 45 of 2021). DIFC-registered entities follow the DIFC Data Protection Law No. 5 of 2020 instead. ADGM-registered entities follow the ADGM Data Protection Regulations 2021. None of these mandate that data physically stay inside the UAE in every case, but each has its own rules on data transfer and processing — confirm which one applies to you and what it actually requires before choosing a deployment model on residency grounds alone.
What does it cost in our currency?
LuMay publishes and bills in USD across every region, including the UAE — see /pricing and /ae/pricing. There is no AED price list; confirm any conversion with your own bank or payment processor.
Illustrative example (not a real customer result)
A mainland UAE enterprise with strict federal PDPL obligations would choose the BYOC model and provision its own Azure or AWS subscription in a UAE region, keeping the infrastructure decision and the residency commitment entirely in its own hands rather than assuming LuMay's SaaS tenancy satisfies that requirement. This is a hypothetical scenario used to illustrate the deployment-selection step — it is not a LuMay case study or a deployed customer result.