FATHOM / Website Cost in the UAE

Almost no Dubai agency publishes prices — you book a call, describe your project twice, and get a number engineered around your budget. We do the opposite: this is our real rate card, imported live from the same pricing engine our estimator runs. If a number here ever disagreed with the calculator, the build would fail.

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Project bases

Each project starts from a base, then architecture, design, and add-ons adjust it. Minimum engagement is AED 8,000 — if a configuration computes below that, the floor applies and we say so rather than quoting a number we would not actually book.

Project typeBase
Landing Page / Brochure SiteAED 6,000
Small Business WebsiteAED 10,000
Business Site with Booking / GalleryAED 16,000
Small Online StoreAED 20,000

What moves the price

Multipliers apply to the base; add-ons are flat. English and Arabic are included in every build — additional languages are engineering cost only.

FactorEffect
Next.js + Payload CMS×1.30
Premium Custom Design×1.25
Accelerated (+20%)×1.20
Each additional language (beyond EN + AR)+AED 1,400

Add-ons

Booking / Appointment System+AED 3,200
Before/After or Portfolio Gallery+AED 2,200
Payment Gateway Integration+AED 2,800
Google Business / Social Integration+AED 1,200
Blog / News System+AED 1,800
Newsletter Signup Integration+AED 900
Live Chat Widget+AED 700
Multi-Location / Multi-Branch Support+AED 3,500
Google Reviews / Testimonials Widget+AED 600
SEO Package (keyword research + on-page optimization)+AED 2,500
Branding Package (logo + brand guidelines)+AED 3,500
Local SEO Setup (Google Business config, local schema, citations)+AED 1,900

Three worked examples

Computed by the same formula as the live estimator — ranges include the scoping margin we quote with. Your exact configuration takes about a minute in the estimator.

Landing page, static, standard design

AED 8,000

The formula lands below our minimum engagement, so the floor applies — this is the cheapest project we take on.

Business site + Payload CMS, premium design, blog, reviews widget

AED 19,000AED 23,000

The most common Growth configuration we scope.

Small online store + CMS, payment gateway, newsletter

AED 30,000AED 37,000

Store bases carry more engineering than brochure sites — checkout, inventory, and payment flows are tested infrastructure, not pages.

Enterprise builds

Multi-market platforms, headless commerce, and integration-heavy builds are scoped individually from AED 35,000. Typical bands:

AED 35,000 – 95,000AED 95,000 – 185,000AED 185,000 – 370,000AED 370,000+

Included in every project, no line item

  • Contractual 95+ Google PageSpeed score — measured live on this site, not promised
  • English + Arabic build with real RTL engineering, not mirrored CSS
  • You own the code and the infrastructure — no platform lock-in, no hostage hosting
  • Senior European engineers on GCC working hours, AED invoicing

Pricing questions, answered straight

How much does a website cost in Dubai in 2026?

Realistic market bands: AED 6,000–14,000 from freelancers and template shops, AED 14,000–45,000 for professional custom builds, AED 35,000+ for enterprise platforms. Our own projects start at AED 8,000 for a custom-engineered landing page and the full rate card is on this page.

Why do you publish prices when other agencies don’t?

Because unpublished pricing is a negotiation tactic, not a service. Our rates are generated from the same engine as the live estimator, so the number you see here is the number the calculator shows — and the range a quote confirms.

What do I get at the AED 8,000 minimum?

A custom-built static landing page on Next.js: performance engineered to the contractual 95+ PageSpeed score, English and Arabic included, hosting handover with full code ownership. It is a floor for real engineering, not a teaser price for a template.

Why does a CMS multiply the price by 1.3?

A content-managed build is structurally different work: content modelling, editorial roles, preview environments, and an admin your team can actually use. We build on self-hosted Payload CMS, so you get editorial independence without per-seat license fees.

How much does an online store cost?

Small stores start from the AED 20,000 base plus what you actually need — a payment gateway is AED 2,800, and most stores add a CMS. The worked example above lands the typical range; larger catalogues move into enterprise scoping.

Is the estimator price binding?

It is a scoped estimate produced by our real formula, with the same margin we quote with. The final proposal confirms the range after we verify scope on a short call — it does not restart the pricing conversation.

What does the website cost after launch?

Care Plans start at AED 350/month for updates and monitoring; AED 750/month adds reserved senior development hours. Without a plan, ad-hoc work is AED 450/hour. There is no forced retainer — the site is yours either way.

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The estimator uses this same rate card and shows the number live as you configure — no email required to see the price.

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