How much does a website cost in Qatar in 2026?

The short answer

There is no official rate card for websites in Qatar, and quotes from agencies in Doha and abroad can differ by several multiples for what sounds like the same project. The spread is real, but it is rarely random. It comes from a handful of decisions: one language or two, custom or template design, how many pages, and whether the site takes payments.

To give you something concrete to measure against, here are our own published starting points for Qatar: QAR 2,590 for a starter website in one language (QAR 3,490 in Arabic and English), QAR 5,290 for a bilingual business website, QAR 8,490 for a premium build and QAR 5,990 for an online store. The rest of this article explains what moves a quote above or below figures like these, so you can compare proposals on substance rather than on the total alone.

What actually drives the price in Qatar

Most of what makes a website expensive is the same everywhere. A few things are specific to this market, and they are the ones that most often explain why two Qatari quotes look nothing alike.

One language or two. Many businesses in Qatar need both Arabic and English. A proper bilingual site is not a translation plugin switched on at the end. It needs a genuine right-to-left layout, Arabic typography chosen for screens, separate content for each language, and the technical setup that tells Google which version to show to whom. That is real additional work, and a quote that includes it will be higher than one that does not — which is exactly why you should check whether it does. Our guide to bilingual Arabic–English websites covers what that work involves.

Custom design or a template. A purchased theme adjusted to your colours is faster and cheaper to deliver. An original design means decisions made about your business specifically. Both are legitimate; they are different products and should be priced differently.

Page count and structure. A five-page company profile and a forty-page site with service pages, campaign landing pages, a careers section and a blog are different projects, even on the same platform. In a bilingual build, every one of those pages exists twice.

Online payments. Two of the most common default payment options elsewhere — Shopify Payments and Stripe — are not available to businesses registered in Qatar. A store here usually connects to a gateway that operates locally, ideally one that also accepts Qatari debit cards on the NAPS network. That integration is extra setup work, and it belongs in the quote. We cover the options in detail in our guide to accepting online payments in Qatar.

Who writes the Arabic. Content responsibility moves quotes more than most people expect. If you supply finished copy in both languages, the build is simpler. If the agency writes or localizes the Arabic, that is professional writing time — and it should be, because machine-translated Arabic is noticeable to exactly the customers you most want to impress.

Integrations. Booking systems, CRM connections, WhatsApp click-to-chat, delivery-zone logic for a store — each one is small on its own, and together they add up quickly.

What our Qatar packages include

We publish our starting prices instead of asking for your details first. Each figure is a starting point for a defined scope. After a short discovery call you receive a written scope and one fixed number, and that number does not move once work begins. Prices assume you supply the text and photos and include two rounds of revisions; copywriting and translation are quoted separately.

• Starter website — from QAR 2,590 in one language, or QAR 3,490 in Arabic and English. Up to five pages, a design built from our tested section library and styled to your brand, mobile and tablet layouts, on-page SEO setup, a contact form with analytics, and launch and handover training.
• Business website — from QAR 5,290. Up to twelve pages in Arabic and English, a design system built on our section library and tailored to your brand, service and landing page structure, on-page SEO and schema, performance optimization, conversion tracking and a post-launch support window.
• Premium website — from QAR 8,490. An extended page architecture, bespoke visual and motion design, guidance on content structure and copy, advanced SEO foundations, full analytics and event tracking, and an extended support period.
• Online store — from QAR 5,990. WooCommerce or Shopify, in Arabic and English, store setup and configuration, custom product and category templates, upload of up to 50 products, an optimized checkout, payment, shipping and tax setup, and training on orders and inventory.

The current details always live in the pricing section of our Qatar page. If this article and that page ever disagree, the page is right.

Does a bilingual website cost twice as much?

No, and a quote that simply doubles the price is worth questioning. The design system, the development, the hosting setup and most of the technical SEO are built once and serve both languages. What genuinely doubles is content: every headline, page, form message, error message and automated email exists twice. On top of that comes the right-to-left adaptation of each layout and testing in both directions.

In practice, the bilingual share of a project depends mostly on how much content there is and who produces it. A five-page profile site with supplied copy adds relatively little. A large site where the agency writes both languages adds considerably more. Ask any agency to show the bilingual part of their quote separately. If they cannot, you do not know what you are paying for.

The running costs that appear after launch

The build is the number everyone compares. The costs that follow are the ones that surprise people a year later, so budget for them from the start:

• Hosting — from a few hundred riyals a year for basic shared hosting to a few thousand for managed hosting or a busy store. For a site that matters, speed is worth paying for.
• Domain — a .com, .qa or .com.qa address renews every year. A .com.qa domain is reserved for businesses with a Qatari commercial registration or trademark.
• Payment gateway fees — stores pay per transaction, and some gateways add setup or monthly fees. Ask for the full fee schedule in writing before you sign.
• Licences and apps — premium plugins, Shopify apps, form tools and booking systems are usually annual subscriptions, and they stack up quietly.
• Maintenance — updates, backups and security monitoring. Skipping this is the most common route to a broken or hacked site.
• Content in two languages — every future page, offer or product needs writing twice. Plan for it, or the Arabic version will quietly fall behind the English one.

With us, hosting, domains and premium licences are paid by you directly to the provider, with no margin added, so every account stays in your name from day one.

How long does it take?

A focused site typically takes two to three weeks, and a business site three to five. Larger builds and online stores depend on scope and on how quickly content and feedback arrive — which, in practice, is the most common cause of delays. A bilingual build adds time because there are two sets of content to write, review and approve. That should be built into the timeline before work starts, not discovered halfway through. Payment gateway approval can also take a while, so a store should start that application early.

How to compare two quotes in Qatar

Two proposals for “a ten-page website” can differ by thousands of riyals and both be honest. The difference is almost always in things the one-line description does not capture. Compare these specifically:

• Languages — is Arabic included, and is it a real right-to-left build or a translated copy of the English layout?
• Content — who writes or localizes the copy in each language?
• Payments — for a store, which gateway is included, and does it accept Qatari debit cards?
• Ownership — do the domain, hosting, source files and advertising accounts end up in your name, unconditionally?
• SEO scope — is there keyword research in both languages and a correct hreflang setup, or just filled-in title tags?
• After launch — is there a support window, and what does a change cost six months later?

Where we fit

We are a small studio working remotely from Bulgaria, and our working day overlaps almost entirely with Doha’s. Everything from discovery to handover runs over calls, shared documents and staging links. We publish our prices because we would rather you compare them with other quotes and decide with real information than receive a number only after filling out a form.

Frequently asked questions

Want a number for your own project? The Qatar pricing section lists every starting point, and a short call turns it into a fixed quote.