Web Design & E-Commerce Cost Study 2026: Egypt & Saudi Arabia
An exhaustive pricing intelligence study conducted by MTM4WEB analyzing real proposals, contracts, and deliverable scopes across 120+ software houses and digital agencies in Cairo, Riyadh, Jeddah, and Dubai.
Executive Summary: 4 Key Market Insights for 2026
Standard bilingual business website with custom UI and hosting.
Bilingual corporate platform compliant with ZATCA regulations.
Due to domain markups, renewal hikes, and paid plugin fees.
Every 1-second delay reduces visitor checkout conversion by 17%.
Average cost of web projects by platform type in 2026
Aggregated data to compare fair prices in the market (Saudi Riyal / Egyptian Pound / US Dollar)
| Project type and platform | Price range in Egypt (EGP) | Price range in Saudi Arabia (SAR) | International domain (USD) | Average time period |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Marketing landing page
Directed for advertising campaigns and attracting potential customers
|
4,500 – 8,000 EGP | 1,100 – 1,900 SAR | $300 – $500 | 3 – 5 working days |
|
Professional company website (Corporate B2B)
Bilingual, PDF company profile, RFQ forms, and top-notch SEO
|
9,500 – 18,000 EGP | 2,200 – 4,500 SAR | $600 – $1,200 | 7 – 12 working days |
|
An integrated online store (Turnkey Store)
Payment gateways (Mada/Visa/Fawry), shipping companies, and abandoned baskets
|
16,000 – 35,000 EGP | 3,800 – 8,500 SAR | $1,000 – $2,300 | 14 – 20 working days |
|
Locations of factories and industrial export companies
B2B catalogue, sample order, technical specifications, and ERP connectivity
|
14,000 – 32,000 EGP | 3,500 – 7,800 SAR | $950 – $2,100 | 10 – 16 working days |
|
Custom SaaS platforms and applications
Special Laravel programming, huge databases, and complex control panels
|
35,000 – 95,000+ EGP | 8,500 – 25,000+ SAR | $2,300 – $6,500+ | 25 – 45 working days |
The hidden costs that some design companies and freelancers hide
How to avoid falling into the trap of fake low prices followed by asking for huge additional amounts later.
1. The trap of doubling the annual hosting renewal fees
Some companies offer very cheap hosting in the first year (Shared Hosting is slow), only to be surprised upon renewal with a request to double it 3 to 5 times or block the site. At MTM4WEB, we offer NVMe cloud hosting with clear renewal prices locked into the contract with no hidden markups.
2. Annual plugins and templates subscriptions (Plugin Tax)
Relying on cracked WordPress themes or unlicensed commercial plugins exposes your site to downtime or hacking after a year, and the developer will charge you hundreds of dollars to renew licenses for Elementor, WPML, etc. We build clean code templates without mandatory annual licensing fees.
3. Monopolizing the domain name and source code
The biggest risk facing companies is reserving the domain in the name of the developer or agency and not in the name of your company, which makes your company hostage to them when they want to expand or move. At MTM4WEB, the customer gets a separate account for the domain name and server with a full and absolute source code license.
4. Costs of payment gateways and linking with the Zakat Authority (ZATCA)
Many offers do not include fees for technical connection and integration with the electronic billing system or national payment gateways (Mada, Tabby, Tamara, and Fawry), which forces you to pay additional amounts to other companies to terminate the connection. MTM4WEB offers all steps of ready-to-use binding.
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