Lahore engineering hub, serving Dubai & the UAE

Web Development Company inDubai

10silicon is a web development company Dubai businesses hire when they need more than a brochure site. We design and engineer SaaS products, customer portals, booking systems and internal tools for companies in Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Sharjah and the wider UAE, with a senior engineering team based in our Lahore hub and delivery managed in UAE business hours.

Over 7+ years we have shipped 100+ projects across fintech, logistics, e-commerce, real estate, healthcare and education. Every engagement starts with a scoped discovery phase and a fixed first milestone, so you know what you are getting, when, and for how much before any code is written.

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What we build

Services for Dubai businesses

01

SaaS platforms

Multi-tenant products with subscription billing, role-based access, audit logs and an admin console. Built to onboard your first customer and your thousandth without a rewrite.

02

Customer and partner portals

Secure self-service portals for clients, agents, suppliers or tenants. Document exchange, approvals, payments and reporting in one place.

03

Booking and ordering systems

Real-time availability, payments through UAE-friendly gateways, notifications over WhatsApp and email, and back-office tools for your staff.

04

Corporate and marketing websites

Fast, bilingual-ready sites with a CMS your marketing team can run. Built for Core Web Vitals and UAE search from day one.

05

API and system integration

Connecting your web platform to ERPs, CRMs, payment gateways, government portals and third-party APIs with proper error handling and monitoring.

06

Modernisation of legacy web apps

Moving ageing PHP, .NET or jQuery applications to a modern stack in stages, without a big-bang cutover that stops your business.

Tech stack we use

  • React
  • Next.js
  • TypeScript
  • Node.js
  • Laravel
  • PostgreSQL
  • MySQL
  • Redis
  • Tailwind CSS
  • AWS
  • Docker
  • Stripe & UAE payment gateways

How we work

Our 3-step process

  1. 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. 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. 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 Dubai

Price depends on the number of templates and features, integrations, bilingual content and whether you need a custom back end. These bands cover most of what Dubai clients ask us for.

  1. Tier 1

    Corporate website

    AED 15,000 - 37,000

    USD 4,000 - 10,000

    Timeline: 4 - 8 weeks

    • Custom design in Figma
    • Up to 15 bilingual-ready pages
    • CMS your team can edit
    • Core Web Vitals and on-page SEO
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  2. Tier 2

    Portal or booking system

    AED 44,000 - 147,000

    USD 12,000 - 40,000

    Timeline: 8 - 16 weeks

    • User roles and dashboards
    • UAE payment gateway
    • WhatsApp and email notifications
    • Admin back office and reporting
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  3. Tier 3

    SaaS product or platform

    AED 147,000 - 550,000+

    USD 40,000 - 150,000+

    Timeline: 4 - 9 months

    • Multi-tenant architecture
    • Subscription billing
    • API and integrations
    • Monitoring, documentation and handover
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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

A Lahore engineering hub serving Dubai

Dubai agencies with in-house teams charge Dubai salaries, and that cost lands in your quote. Pure offshore shops are cheaper but leave you managing time zones, unclear ownership and quality you cannot verify. 10silicon sits between the two: our engineers, designers and QA are full-time employees in our Lahore office, one hour behind Gulf Standard Time, so your working day and ours overlap almost completely.

You get a named project lead who joins your calls, demos working software every two weeks, and is available on WhatsApp during UAE hours. We do not claim a Dubai office. What we offer instead is video consultation at any stage and on-site consultation in Dubai for discovery workshops and launches, scheduled around your calendar.

Agency vs offshore vs hybrid

Choosing a web development dubai 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.

CriteriaDubai agencyOffshore shop10silicon
Indicative hourly rateUSD 60 - 120USD 15 - 35USD 25 - 45
Working-hours overlap with GSTFullOften 2 - 4 hoursFull (Lahore is GST minus 1)
Who you talk toAccount managerRotating contactsNamed engineer and project lead
DemosMonthly or at milestonesVariesEvery two weeks on a staging URL
Code and accountsUsually yoursSometimes theirsAlways in your repos and cloud accounts
In-person meetingsAt their officeRareVideo any time; on-site in Dubai by arrangement
Arabic / RTL and UAE paymentsYesVariesYes, standard on every build

UAE-ready by default

Built for how business works in Dubai

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.

Fit

Who hires a web development company in Dubai

Most of our UAE web projects come from three kinds of clients. The first is a founder with a validated idea who needs a production-grade SaaS or marketplace built by a team that has done it before. The second is an established company in trading, logistics, property or professional services whose spreadsheets and email threads have become a bottleneck and who wants a portal or internal system that staff and customers actually use. The third is a marketing team that needs a website which loads fast on mobile, ranks in Google UAE and converts visitors into WhatsApp conversations.

If you are in one of those situations, the first conversation is free and takes about thirty minutes. We will tell you honestly whether a custom build, an off-the-shelf product or a WordPress site is the right answer for your budget and timeline.

Approach

How we build web platforms for UAE clients

We follow a three-step process on every project. Strategic Discovery produces a written scope, user flows, a data model and a milestone plan with a price for the first release. Agile Engineering runs in two-week sprints: each sprint ends with a demo on a staging URL you can share with your team, and nothing is marked done until it passes code review and automated tests. Deployment & Growth covers the production launch, monitoring, documentation, staff training and an optional retainer for improvements after go-live.

Two things matter especially for UAE clients. Arabic and right-to-left layout are planned from the start even if you launch in English first, because retrofitting them later is expensive. And payments, invoicing and data residency are designed around UAE requirements, including VAT-compliant invoices and hosting in a Gulf region when your customers or regulator expect it.

  • Written scope and fixed price for the first milestone before development starts
  • Staging environment from week one; demo every second Thursday in UAE hours
  • Automated tests, code review and performance budgets on every release
  • Source code, infrastructure and documentation handed over in your own accounts

Performance

Speed, security and search built in

A web platform that is slow on a mid-range Android phone over 4G in Deira will lose customers no matter how good the features are. We set performance budgets at the design stage, ship images in modern formats, render pages on the server where it helps search engines, and measure Core Web Vitals before and after launch. Security follows the same discipline: dependency scanning, parameterised queries, rate limiting, encrypted secrets and least-privilege access are standard, not add-ons.

Because 10silicon also runs SEO engagements for UAE companies, the technical foundations your site needs to rank are part of the build, not a separate project later: clean URLs, structured data, a real sitemap, server-rendered content and sensible internal linking.

Also known as

Web design company in Dubai, website development agency, SaaS developers

Businesses describe what they need in different words. Some search for a web design company in Dubai because the visible problem is an outdated site. Others look for a website development company, a SaaS development partner or a Next.js agency. We cover all of it with one team: UI/UX design, front-end and back-end engineering, hosting and ongoing SEO.

What does not change is the way we work. Design is done in Figma and approved before build, the site is engineered for Core Web Vitals and Arabic from day one, and everything lives in accounts you own. If you only need design, or only need engineering for a design you already have, we can take that part on its own.

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FAQ

Web Development Dubai: common questions

It depends on scope. A professional corporate website usually starts in the low thousands of dollars; a custom portal or SaaS MVP is typically a five-figure project spread across milestones. After a free discovery call we give you a written scope and a fixed price for the first milestone, so there are no surprises.

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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.

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