How much does a website cost in Dubai? A small-business guide for 2026.

I spend a lot of my time talking to business owners in Dubai, and the question I hear most is some version of this: why did one company quote AED 3,000 and another AED 25,000 for the same website? Usually it is not the same website.

The ranges you will see

One widely read Dubai price guide puts a basic website at AED 2,000 to 4,000, a small business website at AED 4,000 to 8,000, an e-commerce site at AED 8,000 to 16,000 and a custom website at AED 10,000 to 30,000. It was published in 2023, so treat it as a rough map rather than a price list, but the shape still holds.

Our own basic business websites start at AED 1,000, about US$270. We can do that because we work from Jalgaon in India, where our costs are lower, and because the three of us do the work ourselves instead of paying an account manager to pass messages along. Anything bigger than a basic site, we quote after a call.

What actually changes the price

• Arabic. A two-language site with a right-to-left Arabic layout takes more design and testing, and the Arabic copy should come from a translator you trust.
• Listings. Property brokers and trading companies usually need searchable listings with filters, which is closer to software than to a brochure site.
• Integrations. Sending enquiries into a CRM, connecting WhatsApp Business or adding a booking system.
• Content. Whether you supply the text and photos, or the agency writes and shoots them.
• Who you are paying for. A large agency's quote also covers its office, its sales team and its account managers.

Five questions that make quotes comparable

• Exactly which pages are included, and who writes them?
• Is Arabic included, and who provides the translation?
• Who owns the domain, the hosting account and the code?
• What do changes cost after launch?
• What is the launch date, in writing?

Send every agency the same short brief. If one quote is much lower, the answers to these five questions usually explain why.

Do you need an agency based in Dubai?

Not necessarily. What matters is that you can reach the people doing the work during your working day. India is an hour and a half ahead of the UAE, so our 10 AM to 8 PM day covers 8:30 AM to 6:30 PM in Dubai. We do not have a Dubai office, and we would rather say so than list a virtual address.

A local agency does make sense if you want someone in your office every week, or if the project needs an Arabic copywriter on staff. Be honest with yourself about which of those you actually need.

My advice

Decide what the site has to do before you collect quotes: list properties, sell products, or simply look credible when a buyer checks you out. Then send the same brief to everyone, so you are comparing like with like.

If you want a quote from us, tell us what you need, or read more about how we work with UAE businesses. You can also see a Dubai property site we built on our work page.