Website design cost in Saudi Arabia at HBS starts from 3,750 SAR in 2026 for a 5 to 7 page corporate site, from 9,000 SAR for a custom-designed bilingual site, and from 22,500 SAR for an advanced Next.js build with integrations. This guide sets out our packages in riyals, what the price includes and what it leaves out, the factors that push it up or down, and then the Saudi requirements that genuinely change the budget: the Personal Data Protection Law, e-invoicing, mada payments and where your data is hosted. At the end you get the red flags of suspiciously cheap quotes and the questions to ask any website design company in Saudi Arabia before you sign.
How much does website design cost in Saudi Arabia at HBS in 2026?
HBS 2026 prices come in three packages starting from 3,750 SAR, 9,000 SAR and 22,500 SAR, and the difference between them is page count, design depth and integration scope. Whether you need a website in Riyadh, Jeddah or Dammam, this is the starting point:
| Package | Price from | Scope | Typical timeline | Best for |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Corporate site | 3,750 SAR | 5 to 7 pages | 2 to 3 weeks | A small or new business that needs a credible presence fast |
| Custom-designed bilingual site | 9,000 SAR | 10 to 15 pages in Arabic and English | 4 to 6 weeks | A company serving Arab and international clients that wants a site that brings in enquiries |
| Advanced custom build | 22,500 SAR | Next.js with integrations such as CRM, booking or payments | 2 to 3 months | A business where the website is a sales channel or a service platform |
These are starting prices, and the final figure is set after a free discovery call where we understand your scope. Prices exclude third-party costs such as hosting, domains, paid plugins or themes, payment gateway fees, a Shopify subscription and licensed stock photos or video, and they exclude taxes. They are valid as of October 2026. If you want to manage the content yourself after handover, the corporate site can be built on WordPress; the details are on our WordPress website service page.
What does the website price include, and what does it leave out?
The price covers designing, building and preparing the site for launch; it does not cover what you pay to other providers or ongoing monthly services. Keeping the two apart protects you from a surprise second invoice:
| Included in the price | Not included in the price |
|---|---|
| Design of the agreed pages with a mobile-responsive interface | Hosting and domain registration, plus their annual renewal |
| An Arabic interface built right to left, plus an English version in the bilingual package | Paid plugins or themes and a Shopify subscription |
| The contact and service request forms listed in the quote | Payment gateway fees on each transaction |
| Basic on-page SEO setup: titles, descriptions, URL structure and load speed | Licensed photos and video from stock libraries |
| The integrations written into the quote (advanced package) | An e-invoicing solution subscription if the site sells |
| Launch on the hosting you choose | VAT, monthly SEO and ad management |
Monthly SEO is a separate service that starts at HBS from 1,500 SAR per month, because a new website does not bring in traffic on its own. If you are planning for it, read why Saudi businesses need SEO in 2026.
What pushes website design prices in Saudi Arabia up or down?
Five things move website design prices in Saudi Arabia the most: page count, design depth, how the Arabic version is built, integrations and compliance requirements. In detail:
- Page count and type: a simple service page is not the same as a page with a price calculator or a multi-step booking form.
- Template or custom design: a template saves time but looks like your competitors' sites; a custom design is built around your identity and the way you sell.
- Arabic first: designing pages in Arabic, right to left, from the start is different from flipping an English template. Arabic typefaces, headline length, the direction of icons and numbers, and form fields are all design decisions, and a bilingual site doubles content entry and testing.
- Integrations: connecting forms to a CRM, WhatsApp, a booking system, a payment gateway or an invoicing system adds build and testing work for each connection.
- Selling on the site: a cart, checkout, invoices and shipping turn the website into a store, which has its own packages covered below.
- Compliance: the privacy policy, collection notices and consent mechanism are part of the build, not a page added on the last day.
- Content: good Arabic copy is written for a Saudi reader, not translated word for word, so if your content is not ready, budget for it.
- Mobile performance: DataReportal's Digital 2026 report puts Saudi Arabia at 34.4 million internet users at the end of 2025, a penetration rate of 99.0%, with a median mobile download speed of 194.49 Mbps. Almost all of your audience is online, on fast networks, so a site that is slow on mobile counts against you, not against the network.
What does the Personal Data Protection Law mean for your contact forms and analytics?
It means any form that collects a name, mobile number or email address falls under the law, so you need a published privacy policy, a clear notice at the point of collection and a lawful basis for every use of the data. According to SDAIA's guide for controllers and processors, the law came into force on 14 September 2023 with a one-year grace period to 14 September 2024. The grace period is over and the obligations apply now.
Article 12 of the Personal Data Protection Law requires the controller to adopt a privacy policy and make it available to data subjects, and Article 13 requires you to inform people, when you collect data directly from them, of the purpose, the legal basis, who you are and who the data will be disclosed to. On your website that means:
- Collect only the fields you actually need; the law limits collection to what the purpose requires.
- Place a short notice next to every form with a link to your privacy policy.
- Separate marketing consent from the service request itself.
- List analytics tools and ad pixels in your privacy policy and identify their lawful basis. SDAIA's guide gives an example of bad practice: a store collects a customer's name, email and mobile number with no explanation and no request for consent, then sends marketing messages and passes the data to an analytics agency.
Getting it wrong is expensive: Article 36 provides for a warning or a fine of up to five million riyals, which can be doubled for repeat violations. These measures add a small line to the quote compared with the size of that risk. Your legal adviser reviews the privacy policy text itself; our role is building the forms, notices and consent mechanism into the site.
What changes in the cost if your website sells online?
The scope grows because the website becomes a store that needs mada payments, e-invoices that meet the Zakat, Tax and Customs Authority's requirements, and store verification. Four items enter the budget:
- E-invoicing: according to ZATCA's e-invoicing page, the Generation Phase has been enforced since 4 December 2021, and the Integration Phase started on 1 January 2023 in waves. ZATCA has announced that Wave 25 covers all taxpayers whose VAT-subject revenues exceeded 187,500 SAR in any year from 2022 to 2025, with integration with the Fatoora platform due by 1 February 2027. E-invoices include the simplified tax invoices issued to consumers, so if you are VAT registered and your site sells to individuals, its invoices must come from a compliant e-invoicing solution or your accounting system. Plan that connection from day one.
- VAT: the rate has been 15% since 1 July 2020, so the checkout and the invoice must calculate it correctly.
- mada payments: the Saudi Central Bank describes mada as one of the national payment systems it owns, and it enables card payments on e-commerce sites. Choose a gateway from SAMA's list of licensed payment service providers; its per-transaction fees are a third-party cost.
- Store verification: the Ministry of Commerce announced in 2023 that the Business Platform under the Saudi Business Center is the only authorized platform for e-commerce verification, replacing Maroof, and that it requires an active commercial registration or a valid professional document plus a commercial bank account linked to the store. Check the current requirements on the platform before launch.
If selling is the main goal, a store package fits better than a website package: at HBS it starts from 6,000 SAR for a Shopify or WooCommerce store with a customized ready theme and payment and shipping setup in 2 to 3 weeks, and from 13,500 SAR for a custom-designed store on a platform in 4 to 6 weeks.
Where should you host your website, and must the data stay in the Kingdom?
For most private businesses the law does not forbid hosting outside the Kingdom, but it sets conditions on transferring personal data, while government entities and operators of critical national infrastructure face stricter rules. Three points settle the decision:
- Server location does not remove the obligation: SDAIA's guide describes an online store operating in the Kingdom that stores customer data in a cloud hosted in the USA, and confirms that this storage is regulated by the law even though the data sits abroad.
- Transfers abroad are conditional: Article 29 allows transfers outside the Kingdom under conditions, and the Regulation on Personal Data Transfer outside the Kingdom sets them out: a list of countries with an adequate level of protection, otherwise safeguards such as standard contractual clauses, plus a risk assessment when you transfer under those safeguards and when you transfer sensitive data continuously or at large scale.
- Government and critical infrastructure: the National Cybersecurity Authority's Essential Cybersecurity Controls (2024) apply to government agencies and their affiliated companies and entities, and to private sector entities that own, operate or host critical national infrastructure, and the data localization controls have moved to the National Data Management Office at SDAIA, so those entities consult it before any hosting decision.
The practical call: decide before the build where form submissions and customer data are stored, across hosting, email and your CRM. Moving data after launch costs more than choosing its location at the start, and hosting itself is a third-party cost outside the build price.
Does working with a team outside the Kingdom cut cost without cutting quality?
Yes, for most website projects, as long as you know what you gain and what you give up. The HBS team works from Cairo, and that different cost structure is what lets our Saudi packages start from 3,750 SAR. For a comparison with the Egyptian market, see our website design cost in Egypt 2026 guide.
| What you gain | What you give up | How to reduce the impact |
|---|---|---|
| Lower cost for the same scope | No in-person workshops by default; meetings are on video | A fixed weekly meeting and written sign-off at every stage |
| A team that writes and designs in Arabic as a native language | On-site photography of your premises and products needs a local photographer | A photographer in your city working from a shot list the team prepares |
| A time zone close to Riyadh's, so you work the same hours | A weaker local presence if you want frequent visits to your office | A staging link where you review every change before it goes live |
Watch the compliance side too: SDAIA's guide explains that any entity processing the data of people residing in the Kingdom falls within the law's scope even when it sits outside, using the example of a consulting firm in Germany serving clients in Jeddah. Ask any external team for a written data processing agreement and how they apply the law in their work.
What are the red flags of a suspiciously cheap quote, and what should you ask before signing?
A suspiciously cheap quote is one that drops items you will pay for later, and you will see quotes far below our prices. This is what is usually missing:
Red flags
- A final price before any question about your business and the site's goal.
- "Bilingual site" means an automatic translation plugin on top of an English template.
- No mention of a privacy policy or form notices.
- The domain, hosting and analytics accounts are registered in the provider's name, not yours.
- A store with no mada option or no plan for e-invoicing.
- A guaranteed first-page ranking on Google.
- Nothing in writing about what happens after launch.
Questions to ask before signing
- Who owns the code, the domain and the hosting and analytics accounts?
- Are the pages designed in Arabic first, or translated from English?
- How do you apply the Personal Data Protection Law in forms and analytics tools, and will you sign a data processing agreement?
- Where will the data be hosted, and where do form submissions go?
- If the site sells: which gateway supports mada, and how do invoices reach the e-invoicing system?
- Which items are inside the price, and what third-party costs should you expect each year?
- What happens after launch, who fixes faults and how fast?
How do you find out exactly what your website will cost in Saudi Arabia?
You find out through a free discovery call where you define the goal, pages, languages, integrations, and any selling and compliance needs, and then you receive an itemized quote. The starting point is clear: 3,750 SAR for a corporate site, 9,000 SAR for a custom-designed bilingual site and 22,500 SAR for an advanced build, excluding third-party costs and taxes, with prices valid as of October 2026. Want an accurate figure for your project? Contact us to book a free discovery call, or explore the HBS web development service.
