How Much Does a Business Website Cost in Dubai in 2026?

Short answer: In Dubai, a business website can cost anything from a builder plan at around AED 30 a month to well over AED 100,000 for a custom build. One Dubai agency's 2026 guide puts basic sites at AED 3,500–18,000, CMS-based small-business sites at AED 7,000–55,000 and e-commerce at AED 8,000–110,000. Budget extra for a properly bilingual Arabic–English site, for payment gateway fees, and for 5% VAT on invoices from VAT-registered suppliers.

Three routes and what they cost

There's no official price list for websites, so every figure here comes from a named, published source and should be read as a market indication, not a quote.

GoDaddy's guide gives a wider band for Dubai overall, "from around AED 1,000 for basic sites" to more than AED 50,000 for highly customised ones. The spread is that wide because "a website" covers everything from a one-page brochure to a store with thousands of products.

What moves the price in Dubai

• Number of unique page templates. Tenet's breakdown links its bands to page count, from up to 5 pages for a simple site to dozens for larger ones.
• Integrations. Booking, CRM, WhatsApp, delivery companies and payment gateways each add work. Tenet puts feature and integration costs at AED 2,000–40,000+ depending on complexity.
• Content. Professional copy in two languages, photography and product data are often quoted separately.
• Who builds it. Freelancers, small studios and large agencies price very differently for similar scopes.

The bilingual add-on: Arabic and English done properly

Most Dubai businesses need both languages, and a good Arabic version is more than a translation plugin. Expect to pay for:

1. Right-to-left layout. Menus, icons, forms, tables and sliders must mirror correctly. A theme that "supports RTL" still needs testing page by page.
2. Arabic typography. Web fonts that render Arabic well on phones, with sensible line heights and sizes.
3. Professional translation and localisation. Machine translation reads badly to native speakers and can damage trust. Budget for a translator and a native reviewer.
4. Bilingual SEO. Separate URLs per language, hreflang tags, Arabic page titles and descriptions, and Arabic keyword research. Arabic searches often use different terms, not translated English ones.
5. Two sets of content to maintain. Every update must happen twice; a CMS that keeps both languages side by side saves time.

A sensible rule of thumb when comparing quotes: ask each supplier to price the Arabic version as a separate line, so you can see whether it includes layout work, translation and SEO, or only a language switcher.

Payment gateway costs

If you take payments online, the gateway is an ongoing cost, not a build cost. Two published examples, as of November 2026:

• Telr lists tiered monthly plans by sales volume. Its Startup plan (AED 0–9,999 a month in sales) is AED 249 a month with a 0% + AED 0 transaction fee; at AED 50,000+ a month the monthly fee is AED 0 and transactions cost 2.25% + AED 0.50, plus 0.50% for international cards. Telr says all fees are subject to 5% VAT and a valid trade licence is mandatory.
• Stripe in the UAE lists 2.9% + AED 1.00 per successful domestic card transaction, plus 1% for international cards and 1% if currency conversion is needed, with no setup or monthly fees on standard pricing.

Which is cheaper depends on your volume and the share of foreign cards. Run your expected monthly sales through both price lists before choosing.

VAT on your website costs

The Federal Tax Authority sets the mandatory VAT registration threshold at AED 375,000 of taxable supplies and imports (voluntary from AED 187,500), and the standard VAT rate is 5%. If your web designer, hosting company or gateway is VAT-registered, their invoices carry 5% VAT; a VAT-registered business can usually recover it, while an unregistered one simply pays it. Always check whether a quote is "plus VAT."

A realistic budget

A hypothetical small consultancy in Dubai wanting a bilingual five-page site with a contact form and booking link might plan like this:

For an online shop, add gateway fees (per the price lists above), product photography and data entry, and delivery integration.

FAQ

Why do quotes for the same website vary so much in Dubai?

Suppliers price different things: some include copywriting, Arabic translation, SEO setup and training, others quote only design and build. Ask for a line-by-line scope before comparing totals.

Is a website builder good enough for a Dubai business?

For a simple brochure site, often yes. It gets harder when you need a polished Arabic RTL layout, local payment options or custom booking flows.

Do I need a trade licence to accept online payments?

Gateways such as Telr state that a valid trade licence is mandatory to use their service. Check each provider's onboarding requirements before you build checkout.

How long does a business website take to build?

Tenet's guide estimates 2–4 weeks for a simple site of up to five pages and one to two months for a small-business site of up to ten pages. Bilingual content often adds time.

If you'd like an itemised plan for a bilingual site before you collect quotes, tell us what the site needs to do.

Sources

• https://www.wearetenet.com/blog/website-design-cost-in-dubai
• https://www.godaddy.com/resources/ae/skills/how-much-does-it-cost-to-build-a-website-in-the-mena
• https://telr.com/pricing
• https://stripe.com/ae/pricing
• https://tax.gov.ae/en/taxes/Vat/vat.topics/registration.for.vat.aspx