Website price in Riyadh and Jeddah (2026): costs in SAR
Website price in Riyadh and Jeddah in 2026, in SAR: Clutch rates for 112 Saudi firms, salaries, Arabic scope, PDPL, ZATCA Wave 25, mada and .sa costs.
A website price in Riyadh runs from a few thousand riyals for a template site to well over SAR 100,000 for a bilingual company site or store from a premium agency. On Clutch's list of web design firms in Saudi Arabia, the most common rate is USD 25 to 49 an hour (SAR 94 to 184), but more than a quarter of firms charge USD 100 to 149 (SAR 375 to 559).
Built from those rates, a company website that takes one person four to six weeks costs about SAR 15,000 to 44,100 at the common band and SAR 60,000 to 134,100 at the top one. Jeddah's firms charge in the same bands. A VAT-registered Saudi supplier adds 15%, and many stores face ZATCA's e-invoicing deadline of 1 February 2027.
This guide is for marketing leads and founders budgeting a website in riyals. It shows the sources, what each local cost line buys, and how I scope Arabic-first website design for Riyadh companies.
Website price in Riyadh and Jeddah at a glance
| Option | Typical cost | Data quality |
|---|---|---|
| Agency, most common rate | USD 25 to 49 an hour (SAR 94 to 184) | Good: 29 of 83 firms |
| Agency, premium cluster | USD 100 to 149 an hour (SAR 375 to 559) | Fair: 22 firms, 4 reviewed |
| Agency minimum project | USD 1,000 or 5,000 for 78% of firms stating one | Good: 88 firms |
| Company website, four to six weeks of one person | SAR 15,000 to 134,100, by rate band | My estimate from rates |
| Published Saudi price, company site | SAR 8,000 to 60,000 | Weak: agency and host pages |
| Web developer, employed in Riyadh | SAR 11,083 a month, median base | Fair: 27 salaries |
Dollars are converted at the riyal's peg of SAR 3.75 to USD 1, and rounded.
What 112 Saudi web design firms on Clutch charge
On 5 October 2026 Clutch's Saudi web design list had 112 firms over three pages, each showing an hourly band and a minimum project. I recorded each once, without sponsored or featured cards.
| Hourly rate band | Firms | Share with a rate | SAR an hour |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under USD 25 | 9 | 11% | under 94 |
| USD 25 to 49 | 29 | 35% | 94 to 184 |
| USD 50 to 99 | 19 | 23% | 188 to 371 |
| USD 100 to 149 | 22 | 27% | 375 to 559 |
| USD 150 to 199 | 2 | 2% | 563 to 746 |
| USD 200 to 300 | 2 | 2% | 750 to 1,125 |
Another 29 firms publish no rate. Of the 88 that state a minimum, 35 start at USD 1,000 (SAR 3,750), 34 at USD 5,000 (SAR 18,750), 12 at USD 10,000, 5 at USD 25,000 and 2 at USD 50,000.
Riyadh and Jeddah compared
I split the list by the city each listing gives; the other 20 firms are mostly in Al Khobar.
| City on the listing | Firms | With a rate | Under USD 50 | USD 50 to 99 | USD 100 or more | Reviewed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Riyadh | 65 | 52 | 25 (48%) | 15 (29%) | 12 (23%) | 23 |
| Jeddah | 27 | 18 | 7 (39%) | 4 (22%) | 7 (39%) | 1 |
Jeddah's top bands look heavier, but 18 rates and one review make a thin sample.
Read the list with care
- The premium band is thin on proof: 18 of the 22 firms at USD 100 to 149 list the same USD 5,000 minimum, and 4 have a review.
- Few firms are reviewed: 28 of 112. Of the 27 reviewed firms with a rate, 16 charge under USD 50.
- An address is not a team: of 36 listings that give the share of staff in the Saudi office, 12 say 10% or less.
Clutch says it may earn a fee for some placements. The cluster you approach decides your quote more than the site does.
Website design cost in Riyadh by site type
Here Clutch's two most common Saudi bands meet the durations a Dubai agency publishes: estimates, not quotes, for one person at 40 hours a week.
| Project | Published duration | At USD 25 to 49 | At USD 100 to 149 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Landing page | 2 to 3 weeks | SAR 7,500 to 22,050 | SAR 30,000 to 67,050 |
| Company website | 4 to 6 weeks | SAR 15,000 to 44,100 | SAR 60,000 to 134,100 |
| Online store | 6 to 8 weeks | SAR 22,500 to 58,800 | SAR 90,000 to 178,800 |
| Web portal | 12 to 16 weeks | SAR 45,000 to 117,600 | SAR 180,000 to 357,600 |
One row worked through: 4 weeks × 40 hours = 160 hours, × USD 25 = USD 4,000, × 3.75 = SAR 15,000. At the top, 240 hours × USD 149 = USD 35,760 = SAR 134,100. The USD 50 to 99 band sits between, at SAR 30,000 to 89,100 for a company site. If a designer and a developer both work full time, the hours double.
What published Saudi prices buy
Published ranges I could open on the day:
| Site type | Hyyat Host (29 Sep 2026) | Digital Gravity KSA (30 Jun 2026) | Orbix Studio (3 Oct 2026) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Company or corporate site | SAR 8,000 to 25,000 | SAR 22,000 to 60,000 | SAR 8,000 to 25,000 |
| Online store | SAR 12,000 to 50,000 | SAR 25,000 to 115,000 | not listed |
Run them backwards. SAR 25,000 at SAR 184 an hour buys about 136 hours, under four weeks of one person; at SAR 94, about 267. At the premium band, SAR 8,000 buys about 14 hours. A low fixed price usually means a theme with your content poured in: fine for five pages, wrong for your main sales tool.
What the budget buys: Arabic-first scope, line by line
A quote that says "company website, SAR 30,000" tells you almost nothing. Below are the lines a Saudi company site needs, numbered as I write them into a scope.
Arabic leads for a reason. CST reports that phones carry 99.4% of Saudi browsing, 93.1% of online shopping happens on local websites, and 92.7% of internet users use WhatsApp. A bilingual site is not one site plus a translation; each line costs design, build and testing time:
- Every template in both directions: navigation and icons mirror; numbers and logos do not. My Arabic RTL design guide covers what flips.
- Arabic type with a web licence, sized for Arabic.
- Arabic copy written, not translated, and approved by native reviewers.
- Paired /ar and /en addresses with hreflang: Google asks each version to list itself and every other, with an x-default fallback.
- One CMS entry holding both languages, so a Ramadan offer never goes live in English only.
- Testing in both languages on mid-range phones.
I found no published Saudi figure for what Arabic adds, so ask each supplier to price it separately. My Riyadh website design page lists what that work includes.
Saudi rules that become design work: PDPL, the E-Commerce Law and .sa
PDPL consent and the privacy notice
The Personal Data Protection Law has been fully enforceable since 14 September 2024. SDAIA's privacy policy guideline wants the policy available before data is collected and lists cookie data among what to disclose, and direct marketing needs prior consent with a clear way to stop. In design terms:
- A privacy policy link above the first field of every form, in both languages.
- A separate, unticked box for each marketing channel: email, SMS, WhatsApp.
- Cookie choices where refusing is as easy as accepting.
- Fewer fields, with consent stored alongside the lead.
Your lawyer writes the notice; the flows are design work.
E-Commerce Law disclosures
The 2019 E-Commerce Law makes online stores show their name, address, contact methods and commercial registration number, and its 2020 Implementing Regulations add the privacy policy and VAT number. SAMA asks financial institutions to show their licence number, and REGA's regulation, reported in May 2026, requires property ads to show the licence number, a contact method and the price. That is a designed footer, not small print.
The .sa domain and Nafath
SaudiNIC, part of CST, runs Saudi domains through licensed registrars. Its regulation (version 5.0, February 2024) opens .sa to any person or legal entity and ties .com.sa to a commercial registration or a locally registered trade name or trademark.
Hyyat Host, which sells Saudi domains, says one needs Nafath verification and charges SAR 99 a year; Digital Gravity KSA puts .sa domains at SAR 70 to 500. I could not find the Nafath step on SaudiNIC's own pages, so ask your registrar; my Nafath sign-in guide explains the service. Register the name to your company, not your supplier.
Website development cost in Saudi Arabia for online stores
mada first. E-commerce spending on mada cards hit a record SAR 30.7 billion in October 2025, up 68% on a year earlier. I design checkout with mada, then cards, Apple Pay and wallets, each with clear 3D Secure and failure states in Arabic.
Buy now, pay later. SAMA licensed Tamara Finance in March 2025 and Tabby Finance in November 2025. Instalment messages and a pay-later option are priced per provider. I found no Saudi gateway publishing its full fee table openly, so get mada, card and BNPL rates in writing.
ZATCA Wave 25. On 24 July 2026 ZATCA said taxpayers whose VAT-able revenue exceeded SAR 187,500 in 2022, 2023, 2024 or 2025 must integrate their e-invoicing with the Fatoora platform by 1 February 2027. That is also the voluntary VAT registration threshold, so the wave reaches far into small sellers. Each consumer invoice carries a cryptographic stamp and QR code and is reported within 24 hours. The integration sits in your platform or accounting system; the design work is the Arabic invoice view, refunds and credit notes.
Salla, Zid or custom changes every one of these lines; I compare them in Salla, Zid or a custom store. A custom Next.js store is a web development project for Riyadh companies.
Website design cost in Jeddah: what changes on the Red Sea coast
The rates above already include Jeddah's 27 firms. What changes in Jeddah is less the hourly price than what the site must carry.
| Jeddah sector | Sourced context | What the website must carry |
|---|---|---|
| Umrah and hospitality | 15.2 million Umrah performers in Q1 2026, 5.77 million from abroad (GASTAT) | Booking for visitors from abroad, the languages your guests read, licence details in view |
| Port and logistics | Jeddah Islamic Port handled a record 540,107 TEUs in July 2026 | Quote forms with cargo fields, route pages, documents, English for foreign shippers |
| Red Sea tourism | 11 hotels open at the Red Sea destination in May 2026, six more due on Shura Island | Image-led pages that stay fast on phones, booking flows |
Since March 2025 the Ministry of Tourism has let visitors check online the licence of hotels and serviced apartments in Makkah and Madinah, so an operator serving pilgrims should show it where guests decide.
The Jeddah cost line to watch is extra languages: each adds templates to test, a copywriter and another hreflang pair. Ask for each as its own line.
In-house: web designer and developer salaries in Riyadh and Jeddah
Glassdoor's samples are small. Figures are median monthly base pay, read on 5 October 2026.
| Role and city | Median a month (SAR) | Middle half (SAR) | Salaries |
|---|---|---|---|
| Web designer, Riyadh | 14,250 | 11,500 to 17,000 | 2 |
| Web designer, Jeddah | 9,400 | 8,000 to 10,800 | 2 |
| Web developer, Riyadh | 11,083 | 5,017 to 13,250 | 27 |
| Web developer, Jeddah | 12,286 | 9,776 to 15,846 | 5 |
| Front-end developer, Riyadh | 9,333 | 5,833 to 16,292 | 22 |
| Front-end developer, Saudi Arabia | 11,248 | 6,741 to 16,304 | 21 |
Glassdoor's text calls the Riyadh designer figure yearly, but its data marks it monthly; only the developer rows have samples worth leaning on.
A Riyadh web designer and developer at these medians cost SAR 25,333 a month, SAR 303,996 a year in base pay. That buys about 544 to 811 agency hours at USD 100 to 149, or 1,654 to 3,243 at USD 25 to 49. In my app and UI/UX design cost guide, GOSI, the work permit levy, Iqama and insurance added roughly 13 to 20% to a senior designer's salary. Hire when there is web work every week; buy a project when it comes in bursts.
Running costs and VAT: hosting, maintenance and 15%
| Item, billed yearly | Published price | In SAR |
|---|---|---|
| Webflow Premium, with CMS | USD 25 a month | 93.75 a month |
| Webflow Localize add-on | from USD 9 a month | from 33.75 a month |
| Framer Pro | USD 30 a month | 112.50 a month |
| Framer extra locale | USD 20 a month each | 75 a month |
Webflow and Framer include hosting. For self-hosted sites, Digital Gravity KSA puts hosting at SAR 250 to 10,000 a year and maintenance at SAR 550 to 15,000 a month; ask for both as written lines.
Three-year example. Webflow Premium with Localize is USD 34 a month: SAR 1,530 a year, SAR 4,590 over three years. Framer Pro with one extra locale, USD 50 a month, is SAR 2,250 a year, SAR 6,750 over three. A platform your team cannot edit costs more, which is why I compare Framer, Webflow and Next.js by who edits the site.
VAT. Saudi VAT is 15%, with registration mandatory above SAR 375,000 of taxable supplies a year and voluntary from SAR 187,500. A SAR 60,000 quote from a registered supplier becomes SAR 69,000: mostly cash flow if you are registered, a real cost if not. A supplier abroad charges no Saudi VAT, a registered buyer self-accounts under the reverse charge, and ZATCA lists technical services from non-residents at 5% withholding tax. This is not tax advice.
Agency, freelancer, in-house or remote: a decision framework
| Your situation | Best fit | Why |
|---|---|---|
| A short bilingual presence, under about SAR 18,750 | Freelancer, budget studio or a host's package | The USD 5,000 minimum rules out most premium firms |
| Your main sales tool, Arabic first, with a CMS | Agency or senior remote team, one fixed quote | Several skills, and a system your staff run |
| A store above the Wave 25 threshold | A team that has shipped mada checkout | Payments and e-invoicing are scope, not plugins |
| A Jeddah business serving pilgrims or shippers | A team that runs more than two languages | Each language is templates, copy and testing |
| New pages every week | In-house | Web work is daily |
| Testing a new offer | A single landing page | Cheaper to learn first |
How to brief and compare website quotes, step by step
- Write the site's job in one sentence, with the one action visitors should take.
- Say which language leads, which others you need, and who approves each.
- List page templates, not pages: home, service, project, article, contact.
- List integrations: CRM, WhatsApp, booking, mada and BNPL, your e-invoicing system.
- Name who edits after launch. That decides the platform.
- State compliance needs: PDPL consent, the disclosure footer, any SAMA or REGA licence, the .sa domain.
- Give a budget band and a date, so suppliers scope to it.
- Ask for quotes in one structure, naming the people, the template count and the Arabic writer, with VAT and withholding shown separately, then compare line by line.
Common mistakes and red flags
- One price with no template count, or "Arabic included" with no detail, usually a translated copy.
- A price far below weeks × rate, often a theme with your logo on it.
- No mention of consent, cookies or the disclosure footer.
- The domain or hosting in the supplier's name.
- Reading directory order as quality, when three in four Saudi listings carry no review.
- Adding Arabic after launch, paying twice for layouts, URLs and search.
- Treating ZATCA as accounting only, then redesigning order screens in January.
Frequently asked questions
How much does a website cost in Riyadh?
Mostly it depends on the builder's rate band. From Clutch's Saudi rates, a company website taking one person four to six weeks costs about SAR 15,000 to 44,100 at USD 25 to 49 an hour, or SAR 60,000 to 134,100 at USD 100 to 149. Published Saudi prices start lower and buy fewer hours.
How much does website design cost in Jeddah?
Jeddah firms charge in the same bands as Riyadh. Of 27 Clutch listings with a Jeddah address on 5 October 2026, 18 publish a rate: 7 under USD 50 an hour, 4 at USD 50 to 99 and 7 at USD 100 or more. Extra languages for pilgrims or shippers are the scope line to watch.
How much do web design companies in Saudi Arabia charge per hour?
Of 112 firms Clutch listed on 5 October 2026, 83 publish a rate: 35% charge USD 25 to 49 an hour (SAR 94 to 184), 27% charge USD 100 to 149 (SAR 375 to 559) and 23% charge USD 50 to 99. Only 28 have a client review, and reviewed firms lean to the lower bands.
How much does an e-commerce website cost in Saudi Arabia?
Over a published six to eight weeks, one full-time person costs about SAR 22,500 to 58,800 at USD 25 to 49 an hour, or SAR 90,000 to 178,800 at USD 100 to 149. Published Saudi store prices run from SAR 12,000 to 115,000. Payment fees, e-invoicing and Arabic product content come on top.
Is there VAT on website design in Saudi Arabia?
Yes, 15% from a VAT-registered Saudi supplier, usually recoverable if you are registered too. A supplier abroad charges no Saudi VAT; a registered buyer self-accounts under the reverse charge, and 5% withholding tax can apply to technical services from non-residents. Agree in writing who bears each.
Do I need a .sa domain for a Saudi website?
No, it is optional. SaudiNIC opens .sa to any person or legal entity and ties .com.sa to a commercial registration or a local trade name or trademark, through licensed registrars. Hyyat Host, which sells .sa names, says they build trust, need Nafath verification and cost SAR 99 a year.
Does my online store need ZATCA e-invoicing integration?
If your VAT-able revenue exceeded SAR 187,500 in 2022, 2023, 2024 or 2025, ZATCA's Wave 25 requires your e-invoicing solution to integrate with the Fatoora platform by 1 February 2027. Each consumer invoice then carries a cryptographic stamp and QR code and is reported within 24 hours.
Do Saudi website forms need consent under the PDPL?
In practice, yes. SDAIA expects the privacy policy to be available before data is collected, and direct marketing needs prior consent with a clear way to stop. That means a policy link above each form, separate unticked marketing boxes, real cookie choices and a stored consent record.
My recommendation
Senior work like mine is priced above typical local freelancer rates, so I am not the cheapest route to a five-page site. It is worth it when the website is your main sales tool, must lead in Arabic and hold up in English, and will be run by your staff for years.
Write the template list and language plan first, get three fixed quotes with Arabic, consent and any store lines priced separately, and divide each by its rate to see how many weeks you are buying. To see how I would approach your site, start with my work as a website designer in Riyadh or my wider website design service.
Sources and method
On 5 October 2026 I counted Clutch (each of 112 firms once, without sponsored or featured cards, cities from each listing) and read Glassdoor, SaudiNIC, ZATCA, SAMA, the Jeddah sources and the price pages. Platform prices and durations were read on 2 October, and the PDPL, SAMA, REGA, CST, hreflang, e-invoicing guideline and tax sources on 4 October for my Riyadh pages, not re-checked. SAR 3.75 to USD 1, rounded.
Data is thin on salaries, Jeddah rates, the cost of Arabic, and hosting and gateway fees. The .sa Nafath step comes from a domain seller, not SaudiNIC. Some reports give Wave 25's years as 2022 to 2024; ZATCA's announcement includes 2025.
- Clutch, Saudi web design list, read 5 October 2026: page 1, page 2, page 3
- Glassdoor, monthly base pay, October 2026: Riyadh designer, Jeddah designer, Riyadh developer, Jeddah developer, Riyadh front end, Saudi front end
- Katbi Digital Solutions, project durations, 26 July 2026: katbi.net
- Hyyat Host, company website cost, 29 September 2026: hyyat.com
- Digital Gravity KSA, website development cost, 30 June 2026: digitalgravityksa.com
- Orbix Studio, design cost guide, 3 October 2026: orbix.studio
- CST, Saudi Internet Report 2024, 12 May 2025: cst.gov.sa
- Arab News, Saudi Internet Report 2025, 26 July 2026: arabnews.com
- Google Search Central, hreflang, 21 September 2026: developers.google.com
- Securiti, Saudi Arabia PDPL, read 4 October 2026: securiti.ai
- KSA PDPL, Article 25, 26 December 2025: ksapdpl.com
- SDAIA, privacy policy guideline, August 2024: sdaia.gov.sa
- Saudipedia, E-Commerce Law, 12 December 2022: saudipedia.com
- Baker McKenzie, E-Commerce Law regulations, 16 March 2020: globalcompliancenews.com
- SAMA Rulebook, License Disclosure Instructions, 18 July 2019: rulebook.sama.gov.sa
- LexisNexis, REGA advertising regulation, 2 May 2026: lexisnexis.com
- SaudiNIC, registration regulations v5.0, February 2024: nic.sa
- Arab News, mada e-commerce record, 25 December 2025: arabnews.com
- SAMA, licence for Tamara Finance, 3 March 2025: sama.gov.sa
- SAMA, licence for Tabby Finance, 10 November 2025: sama.gov.sa
- ZATCA, Wave 25 criteria, 24 July 2026: zatca.gov.sa
- ZATCA, e-invoicing guidelines v2, May 2023: zatca.gov.sa
- ZATCA, withholding tax circular, January 2025: zatca.gov.sa
- Grant Thornton, Saudi VAT guide, 1 January 2025: grantthornton.global
- Gulf Insider, GASTAT Umrah figures, 23 August 2026: gulf-insider.com
- Saudi Press Agency, tourism licence check, 6 March 2025: spa.gov.sa
- Arab News, Jeddah Islamic Port record, 12 August 2026: arabnews.com
- City AM, Red Sea hotels, 18 May 2026: cityam.com
- Webflow and Framer, pricing, read 2 October 2026: webflow.com, framer.com
- IANA, time zones, read 4 October 2026: iana.org
