Lahore engineering hub, serving Dubai & the UAE
Software Development CompanyUAE
10silicon is a software development company UAE businesses work with when they need a product built properly and delivered on a schedule they can plan around. We build web platforms, mobile apps, WordPress sites and SEO programmes for companies in Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Sharjah and the northern emirates, from an engineering hub in Lahore that runs one hour behind Gulf Standard Time.
The team has 7+ years of experience and 100+ delivered projects across fintech, logistics, e-commerce, real estate, healthcare and education. Clients range from founders launching a first product to established groups replacing systems they have outgrown. In every case the terms are the same: a written scope, a fixed price for the first milestone, a demo every two weeks, and code that lives in your own accounts.
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- 7+
- Years experience
- 100+
- Projects delivered
- GST
- UAE working hours
- Free
- First consultation
What we build
Services for United Arab Emirates businesses
Full-stack web development & SaaS
Customer portals, marketplaces, booking systems and multi-tenant SaaS products on React, Next.js, Node.js or Laravel, with billing, roles, audit trails and reporting built in from the start.
Mobile app development
iOS and Android apps in React Native or Flutter from one codebase, with push notifications, offline support, payments, and App Store and Google Play submission handled for you.
Custom WordPress & CMS
Corporate sites, bilingual Arabic and English sites and WooCommerce stores on a lean, secure WordPress setup your marketing team can update without calling a developer.
Advanced SEO & digital growth
Technical audits, content plans and authority building aimed at Google UAE, with monthly reporting on rankings, traffic and enquiries rather than vanity numbers.
Dedicated team & staff augmentation
Named engineers, designers or QA specialists who work only on your product in UAE hours, managed by us and reporting to you, on a monthly contract you can scale up or down.
Maintenance & support
Security patches, dependency upgrades, monitoring, backups and small improvements under a monthly retainer, with response times agreed in writing before you sign.
Tech stack we use
- React
- Next.js
- TypeScript
- Node.js
- Laravel
- React Native
- Flutter
- WordPress
- WooCommerce
- PostgreSQL
- MySQL
- AWS
- Docker
How we work
Our 3-step process
- 1
Strategic Discovery
We map your goals, users, constraints and success metrics into a scoped plan with a fixed first milestone before any code is written.
- 2
Agile Engineering
Two-week sprints with a demo at the end of each one. You see working software, not status reports, and can change direction early.
- 3
Deployment & Growth
Production launch with monitoring, documentation and a growth plan: performance, SEO, analytics and a maintenance retainer if you want one.
Indicative pricing
What it costs in United Arab Emirates
Software pricing is driven by scope, integrations, user roles, Arabic and reporting. These bands cover most UAE projects we quote.
Tier 1
Website or small system
AED 11,000 - 37,000
USD 3,000 - 10,000
Timeline: 4 - 8 weeks
- Corporate or e-commerce site
- Booking or lead-capture tool
- Bilingual-ready
- Hosting and analytics set up
Tier 2
Custom application
AED 37,000 - 220,000
USD 10,000 - 60,000
Timeline: 2 - 5 months
- Web portal or mobile app
- User roles and admin panel
- UAE payments and integrations
- Testing and documentation
Tier 3
Platform or product
AED 220,000 - 735,000+
USD 60,000 - 200,000+
Timeline: 5 - 12 months
- SaaS or marketplace
- Multiple apps and services
- Scalable cloud architecture
- Dedicated team and retainer
Ranges are indicative 2026 market figures for the UAE, not quotes. Every proposal is written after Strategic Discovery with a fixed price for the first milestone.
Why it works
Why a Lahore hub works as a software development company for the UAE
Hiring a local agency in the UAE means paying UAE salaries and office rents through your invoice. Hiring an anonymous offshore vendor means lower rates but also silent weeks, developers who change without notice and code you cannot audit. 10silicon is set up to avoid both problems. Our engineers, designers and QA staff are full-time employees in Lahore, Pakistan, one hour behind Gulf Standard Time. When your office opens at nine in Dubai, ours has already been open for an hour, and we stay until your day ends.
Every client gets a named project lead who joins your calls and your WhatsApp group, a staging environment from the first sprint, and a demo every two weeks that shows working software rather than a slide deck. We do not have an office in the UAE and we do not pretend to. What we offer instead is video consultation whenever you need it, and on-site consultation in Dubai for discovery workshops, stakeholder presentations and launches, arranged around your calendar.
The commercial result is senior engineering at a meaningfully lower cost than a comparable UAE-based team, without the communication gap that usually comes with offshore work. You deal with the people writing the code, not an account manager relaying messages.
Agency vs offshore vs hybrid
Choosing a uae partner: how the options compare
Rates are indicative 2026 market figures for senior work. The point is not the cheapest hour; it is senior engineers, full working-hours overlap and ownership of what you pay for.
| Criteria | Dubai agency | Offshore shop | 10silicon |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indicative hourly rate | USD 60 - 120 | USD 15 - 35 | USD 25 - 45 |
| Working-hours overlap with GST | Full | Often 2 - 4 hours | Full (Lahore is GST minus 1) |
| Who you talk to | Account manager | Rotating contacts | Named engineer and project lead |
| Demos | Monthly or at milestones | Varies | Every two weeks on a staging URL |
| Code and accounts | Usually yours | Sometimes theirs | Always in your repos and cloud accounts |
| In-person meetings | At their office | Rare | Video any time; on-site in Dubai by arrangement |
| Arabic / RTL and UAE payments | Yes | Varies | Yes, standard on every build |
UAE-ready by default
Built for how business works in United Arab Emirates
Offshore teams often learn UAE requirements on your project. We treat them as standard scope, so Arabic, AED payments, VAT invoicing and data protection are designed in rather than bolted on.
- 01
Arabic & RTL interfaces
Bilingual English-Arabic layouts planned from the first wireframe, with right-to-left mirroring and Arabic typography that holds up on mobile.
- 02
UAE payment gateways
Integration with Network International, Telr, PayTabs, Stripe and bank gateways, plus Tabby and Tamara instalments and cash on delivery flows.
- 03
VAT and e-invoicing
FTA-compliant tax invoices with TRN, 5% VAT handling, credit notes and exports your accountant can reconcile.
- 04
Data protection by design
Built with the UAE Personal Data Protection Law in mind: consent records, access control, encryption and data residency in Gulf cloud regions when required.
- 05
Sector rules designed in
For fintech, healthcare and education builds we design for regulator expectations such as CBUAE, DHA and MOHAP requirements; compliance sign-off stays with your advisers.
- 06
WhatsApp-first customer flows
Click-to-chat, WhatsApp Business API notifications and lead capture, because that is how UAE customers actually get in touch.
Compliance sign-off for regulated sectors stays with your legal and regulatory advisers; we build to the requirements they specify.
Who we serve
Who we work with across the UAE
Our UAE clients fall into a few recognisable groups. Founders and early-stage companies with funding or a validated idea who need a first version built by people who have shipped before. Trading, logistics and distribution businesses that run on spreadsheets, WhatsApp and an ageing ERP and need a portal or mobile app to tie everything together. Property developers and brokerages that want listing portals, CRM integrations and tenant apps. Clinics, schools and training providers that need booking, records and learning platforms which take data privacy seriously. And fintech and payments businesses that need integration work done carefully and documented properly.
What they share is a need for a partner who will say no to a bad idea, estimate honestly and keep showing up after launch. If your project is a quick five-page site with no follow-up, we are probably not the cheapest option. If it is something your business will run on for years, we are a good fit.
Services
Four services, one team
Most clients start with one service and add others as the product grows. All four are delivered by the same core team, so your web app, mobile app and marketing site share a design system, a backend and a single point of contact.
Our web development in Dubai covers SaaS products, customer portals, marketplaces and internal tools on a modern JavaScript or PHP stack, built for speed and for Google UAE. Our mobile app development in Dubai delivers iOS and Android apps in React Native or Flutter, including delivery, fleet, fintech and on-demand apps together with the backend that runs them.
Our WordPress development in Dubai produces custom themes, bilingual sites, WooCommerce stores and migrations away from slow page builders to a setup you can maintain. Our SEO services in Dubai combine technical SEO, content and authority building targeted at the UAE market, measured in enquiries and revenue rather than impressions.
Process
How we run a project
Strategic Discovery is where we earn your trust. Over one to two weeks we interview your stakeholders, map user flows, define the data model and integrations, and write a scope document with a milestone plan and a fixed price for the first release. You are free to take that document to another vendor. Most clients do not.
Agile Engineering runs in two-week sprints. Each sprint has a planned set of features, a demo on a staging URL at the end, and a short written note on what changed and what comes next. Code is reviewed, tested automatically and deployed to staging continuously, so nothing is a surprise at the end of the project.
Deployment & Growth covers the production launch, monitoring and alerting, documentation, training for your staff and a plan for what happens next. Some clients keep us on a monthly retainer for improvements and SEO; others take the code in-house with our handover notes. Both are normal and both are fine.
- Scope, milestone plan and fixed first-milestone price in writing before development starts
- Two-week sprints with a demo on a shared staging URL, scheduled in UAE hours
- Code review, automated tests and performance checks on every release
- Repositories, cloud accounts and documentation owned by you from day one
Coverage
Emirates we serve
Dubai is where most of our UAE work comes from and where we hold on-site consultations. Abu Dhabi clients tend to be larger organisations with formal procurement and documentation requirements, which we are used to meeting; our Abu Dhabi page explains how we handle those. Sharjah brings manufacturers, trading companies and institutions that want solid, cost-effective builds; our Sharjah page covers that work in detail.
Ajman, Ras Al Khaimah and Fujairah are served remotely with the same team, the same process and the same UAE phone number. Video calls, screen-shared demos and WhatsApp updates work exactly the same from Fujairah as they do from Business Bay, and the one-hour time difference makes scheduling easy.
Consultation
How a consultation works
The first step is a free video call of about thirty minutes on Google Meet, Zoom or Teams, booked in UAE hours. You describe the problem, we ask questions, and within a few working days you receive a short written note with the recommended approach, a budget range and the next steps. For larger projects with several stakeholders, we can arrange an on-site consultation in Dubai for a discovery workshop.
To start, email contact@10silicon.com or call or WhatsApp +971 56 639 0908. There is no obligation and no sales script. If we are not the right fit for the job, we will say so and suggest what might be.
Also known as
Software house, IT company or custom software development company in the UAE
Companies looking for a software house in Dubai, an IT company in the UAE or a custom software development company are usually describing the same thing: a team that can build and maintain the systems a business runs on. We build customer-facing products and internal systems alike, and we are honest when an off-the-shelf tool such as Odoo, Zoho or Shopify would serve you better than custom code.
For Dubai-specific work, see our custom software development company Dubai page. If you would rather add engineers to your own team, see hire dedicated developers.
Case study
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FAQ
UAE: common questions
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Get a quote for your United Arab Emirates project
Tell us what you need and we will reply within one UAE business day with questions, a rough budget range and a proposed first milestone. Video or on-site consultation in Dubai.
- WhatsApp / call: +971 56 639 0908
- Email: contact@10silicon.com
- Lahore HQ · Serving Dubai, Abu Dhabi & the UAE