The widest quotes on this list, and one fixed number
A business website in Dubai is AED 3,500 from one shop and AED 55,000 from the next, for work that looks the same from the outside. The number here is published before the call and does not move after it.
- Currency
- Invoiced in euros. About AED 6,400 and AED 12,900 at current rates.
- VAT
- Not charged. Non-resident supplier — a registered client reverse-charges at 5%.
- Languages
- Two included. Arabic is right-to-left, so it is scoped on the call.
- Time zone
- UTC+7. Three hours ahead of GST — your whole morning overlaps.
What the UAE asks of your site
Consumer-facing text has to exist in Arabic
Under the consumer protection framework — Federal Law No. 15 of 2020, amended by Federal Decree-Law No. 5 of 2023 — information given to consumers must be available in Arabic: contract terms, warranty, product and service information, and the policies published alongside them. Penalties start at AED 3,000 and reach AED 200,000. Selling only to businesses is a different conversation, and it is worth having before scope is fixed rather than after.
Which data rules bind you depends on your address
The federal Personal Data Protection Law, Federal Decree-Law No. 45 of 2021, is on the books, but its executive regulations have still not been published, so the operational detail remains unsettled. Entities in the DIFC and the ADGM are already under their own GDPR-style regimes, in force today. A free zone address and a mainland address are not the same compliance position.
No cookies, no tracking, nothing third-party
Whichever regime turns out to apply to you, the smallest surface is no surface. This build sets no cookies, loads no fonts or scripts from other domains, and the contact form emails you without keeping a copy.
You own the code
Full IP transfer on final payment, repository included. No proprietary builder and no annual licence, so changing supplier is a clone rather than a rebuild.
What a UAE site costs, and where this sits
Dubai quotes are the widest on this list. Basic business sites run AED 3,500 to AED 8,000 and corporate builds AED 12,000 to AED 55,000, while a local agency asked for five to ten pages typically lands between AED 25,000 and AED 60,000. Annual maintenance contracts add 15 to 20 percent of the build, every year.
- Basic business site
- AED 3,500 – AED 8,000
- Corporate site
- AED 12,000 – AED 55,000
- Dubai agency, 5–10 pages
- AED 25,000 – AED 60,000
- Annual maintenance contract
- 15 – 20% of the build, every year
- TIER-01 here
- €1,500 — about AED 6,400, fixed, 5 pages
- TIER-02 here
- €3,000 — about AED 12,900, 15 pages, two languages
Dubai and the DIFC, Abu Dhabi and the ADGM, Sharjah, and the free zones — DMCC, JLT, IFZA, RAKEZ. Delivery is remote; the emirate changes your compliance position, not the price.
This is general information, not legal or tax advice. Arabic-language and data protection obligations turn on your licence, your emirate, and whether you sell to consumers or to businesses. Your legal adviser remains the authority on your own position.