Typical prices by type of website
Published 2026 price guides from Dubai studios and agencies broadly agree on the ranges below. They are wide because the same label covers very different projects; the next section explains what moves a quote up or down.
| Type of website | Freelancer | Agency |
|---|---|---|
| Template or starter site, 1–5 pages | 1,000–3,000 | 3,000–6,000 |
| Small business site, 5–10 pages | 2,500–8,000 | 8,000–25,000 |
| Custom or corporate site with a CMS | 8,000–20,000 | 15,000–35,000 |
| Online shop (Shopify or WooCommerce) | 5,500–20,000 | 15,000–55,000 |
| Custom platform, portal or marketplace | Rarely | 25,000–100,000+ |
These are market ranges gathered from the published guides listed under Sources, not Brisk's prices. Brisk quotes a fixed price per project after a short call.
What actually drives the price
- Number of unique page designs. Ten pages built from two layouts cost far less than ten pages each designed from scratch.
- Arabic. A properly bilingual site means right-to-left layouts, Arabic typography and translated content, not a translation plugin. See what an Arabic website costs.
- Selling online. Products, checkout, payment gateway and delivery rules add the most scope of any single feature. See what an online shop costs.
- Booking and integrations. Appointment booking, CRM forms, WhatsApp hand-off or a property feed each add work.
- Content. Copywriting, photography and translation are often quoted separately — or quietly left to you.
- A CMS you can edit yourself. Worth paying for if you will update the site more than a few times a year.
- Speed and SEO setup. Clean structure, fast pages and a page per service are what let the site be found; cheap builds often skip them.
What it costs to run after launch
| Item | Typical cost |
|---|---|
| .ae domain | about 120–300 a year |
| Hosting, small business site | about 10–50 a month (shared) to 100–500 (VPS) |
| Maintenance and updates, small business | about 400–2,000 a month |
| Online shop maintenance | about 3,000+ a month |
| Card payments (online shops) | about 2.5–3.5% + AED 1–1.75 per transaction |
VAT in the UAE is charged at 5%. A provider registered for VAT adds it to the build and to any monthly fees, so check whether a quote is before or after VAT.
How to compare quotes like for like
Two quotes for "a five-page website" can describe completely different projects. Before you compare the totals, check each one for:
- What is included: domain, hosting, business email, content, translation, photography.
- Arabic: a full right-to-left version, or English only with Arabic "available" at extra cost.
- Revisions: how many rounds, and at which stage changes start to cost extra.
- Ownership: the domain registered in your name, and the site files and logins handed over.
- Timeline: a launch date in writing, and what happens if it slips.
- After launch: who fixes things, how fast, and what a small change costs.
- VAT: whether the figure includes the 5%.
Where Brisk fits
Brisk builds bilingual sites for UAE businesses at a fixed price agreed before work starts, and launches most of them in 14 days. If you want to see what your business would get before talking money, ask for a free homepage mockup — or compare what each package includes.
Sources
Ranges are rounded from these published guides and price lists, and reviewed as of the date at the top of this page.
- Element8 — How Much Does Website Design Cost in Dubai? (2026)
- Tenet — Website Design & Development Cost in Dubai (2026)
- The Web Makers — Website Design Cost in Dubai (2026)
- Lucidly — Ecommerce Website Price in Dubai (2026)
- Innomedia — Website maintenance pricing models in Dubai/UAE
- PaySelect — Cheapest payment gateway in the UAE for small business (2026)
- UAE Federal Tax Authority (VAT, charged at 5%)