Website Design Company in Abu Dhabi — Bilingual, Accessible, Built to Last
We design and build custom websites for Abu Dhabi businesses: bilingual Arabic and English from the architecture up, built to accessibility standards rather than retrofitted to them, and shipped with the full source code transferred to you.
We work with private companies, and with the suppliers and partners who sell into Abu Dhabi's government and semi-government sector — where a website has to survive a procurement review, not just a design review.
Why Abu Dhabi needs a different website from Dubai
Most agencies serving the UAE treat it as one market. It is not, and the difference shows up in the build.
The buyer is different.
Dubai's web spend is heavily private sector — trade, tourism, property, e-commerce, startups. Abu Dhabi's is weighted toward government, semi-government, energy, healthcare, education and the supply chains around them. That changes what a website is for: less brand theatre, more credibility, compliance and clarity.
Bilingual is a requirement, not an enhancement.
Government-facing and government-adjacent organisations in Abu Dhabi operate in Arabic and English as a matter of course. Arabic cannot be a translated afterthought bolted onto an English site.
Accessibility is on the table.
A private Dubai e-commerce brand can reasonably defer it. An Abu Dhabi company bidding into the public sector increasingly cannot.
See section 5 on digital accessibility below.
Procurement has its own requirements.
Tender processes ask about documentation, IP assignment, data handling and support terms. A build that cannot answer those questions costs its owner the bid, regardless of how it looks.
The free zone question differs.
ADGM has its own regulatory framework, distinct from Dubai's DIFC and from mainland licensing. It affects your entity, your contracts and sometimes your data arrangements. We will not advise you on which to use — but we will ask which you are, because it changes what we build.
Website design services in Abu Dhabi
Tailored architectures engineered for institutions, high-growth private businesses, and public-sector suppliers.
Corporate and institutional websites
For organisations where the site functions as a credibility document. Clear information architecture, bilingual, accessible, fast.
Bilingual Arabic and English builds
Full RTL support designed into the routing and component layer, not applied as a stylesheet at the end.
E-commerce
UAE payment gateways, 5% VAT handled at the data layer, Arabic product catalogues, regional shipping integrations.
Web applications and portals
Customer portals, booking systems, internal tools, dashboards.
Redesign and migration
Moving off WordPress or an ageing build without losing search rankings.
Building for the UAE's digital accessibility requirements
The UAE's National Digital Accessibility Policy, issued in March 2024, sets out obligations for government entities, semi-governmental entities, private companies delivering public services, telecom operators, and e-commerce and digital content providers. It covers websites, applications and digital interfaces, and requires designated accessibility officers, staff training and the conversion of existing services.
What is not yet defined
What is not yet defined is a public compliance deadline or a stated enforcement mechanism. We are not going to tell you there is a date, because there is not one published.
What that means practically
If your organisation is inside that scope — or sells to organisations that are — accessibility has moved from a nice-to-have to a question you will be asked. We build to WCAG 2.1 Level AA, which is the international benchmark procurement teams generally reference and a realistic engineering target. Level AAA is achievable for specific components but is rarely the right whole-site standard, and an agency promising blanket AAA conformance is usually promising something it has not scoped.
What accessible actually means in the build:
Semantic HTML with a correct heading hierarchy
Screen readers and assistive technologies can parse and navigate the page seamlessly.
Full keyboard navigation
Visible, high-contrast focus indicators on every interactive element across both desktop and mobile views.
Colour contrast meeting AA ratios
Checked rigorously in both Arabic and English layouts, because RTL mirroring changes what sits on what.
Text alternatives for media
Accurate alt text for images, icons, and any data or state conveyed by colour alone.
Forms with properly associated labels
Form fields with explicit labels and real-time validation errors announced clearly to assistive technology.
Video captions and transcripts
Available transcripts and synchronized captions whenever you publish multimedia.
Respecting prefers-reduced-motion
Clean CSS query triggers that disable aggressive transforms for users sensitive to animations.
We run automated checks and manual keyboard and screen-reader testing before launch, and hand over a written accessibility statement you can publish.
We are not accessibility auditors or legal advisers. We build to the standard and document what we did. For formal certification or legal opinion on your obligations, you need a specialist, and we will say so rather than imply we cover it.
Bilingual sites, built properly
Right-to-left is not a stylesheet flip. Doing it properly means:
“Custom Next.js engineering for government & private sector entities across Abu Dhabi.”
«تصميم وبرمجة مواقع حديثة للمؤسسات الحكومية والشركات الرائدة في أبوظبي.»
Mirrored layout logic
Navigation, icons, progress indicators and any element carrying direction all reverse. Built with CSS logical properties so both directions come from one implementation rather than two diverging stylesheets.
Arabic typography
A typeface that renders Arabic script correctly, with the line height Arabic actually needs. Latin fonts with a fallback produce text that is technically readable and visibly wrong to a native reader.
Bidirectional text
English brand names, numbers and technical terms inside Arabic sentences need correct bidi handling or the ordering breaks.
Locale-aware formatting
Dates, numerals and currency in the conventions each audience expects.
hreflang configured correctly
So Google serves Arabic to Arabic searchers and English to English ones, and neither version competes with the other.
Content parity
If the Arabic site has fewer pages than the English one, Arabic-speaking users get a worse product and Google notices the mismatch. We will tell you what full parity costs before you decide to do half of it.
Built to survive a procurement review
If you sell into government or semi-government, your website is reviewed by people asking questions a design portfolio does not answer:
Who owns the code?
You do, in writing, with full repository transfer at handover.
Where is data stored and processed?
Decided with you before the build, and documented — including where regional hosting or data residency is a requirement.
Is it accessible?
See section 5. You get a written accessibility statement.
What are the support terms?
Thirty days included, with retainer options after.
Who has access to systems?
Documented, with credentials in your name, on your accounts.
Is there documentation?
Full technical documentation at handover, so another team could take it over.
Payments, VAT and hosting
Every UAE build includes local payment gateway integration chosen on transaction rates and settlement timing rather than familiarity, 5% VAT stored per line item at the rate applicable at time of transaction, and hosting with edge presence near the region.
Local Gateways
Optimized for regional cards, Apple Pay, Mada and buy-now-pay-later (Tabby & Tamara) with direct merchant settlement.
5% UAE VAT Logic
Stored accurately per line item in accordance with Federal Tax Authority (FTA) compliance at time of transaction.
Middle East Edge
Global CDN edge points in the UAE ensuring sub-second Time to First Byte (TTFB) across Abu Dhabi, Al Ain, and the wider GCC.
We cover gateway economics in detail — real rates, settlement times and which providers support Mada — on our Dubai web development page.
Explore Gateway EconomicsWebsite design cost in Abu Dhabi
Clear, fixed-price contracts in AED. No hidden maintenance locks or surprise license fees.
Business / corporate website
For institutions and companies requiring high-credibility presentation, responsive layouts, and sub-second load times.
Bilingual Arabic + English build
RTL mirrored layouts, native Arabic typography, bidirectional handling, and dual-locale hreflang architecture.
E-commerce with UAE gateways & VAT
Regional payment gateways, 5% FTA-compliant VAT calculation, regional courier integration, and bilingual catalogue.
Web application / portal
Customer portals, internal workflow dashboards, multi-tenant databases, role-based auth, and automated reporting.
Redesign and migration
Moving off WordPress or an ageing platform with 100% URL mapping, 301 redirects, and zero ranking loss.
Fixed price. Included in every build:
Working with a team outside the UAE
We are an engineering team in India, 1.5 hours ahead of Gulf Standard Time, so our working day overlaps yours almost entirely. You talk to the engineers building your site. Staging URL from week one, weekly demos, milestone payments, NDA on request, and written contracts with IP assigned to you.
1.5h Time Difference
Our working day overlaps with Abu Dhabi almost entirely (GST is just 1.5h behind IST).
Direct Engineer Access
You talk directly to the engineers designing and coding your platform, not account managers.
Staging from Week One
Private preview URL updated continuously with weekly interactive sprint demos.
Contracts & IP Assignment
Milestone-based payments, NDA signed before kickoff, and 100% intellectual property assigned in writing.
Full detail on how we work with UAE clients.
Read UAE Workflow GuideRelevant work
A selection of platforms engineered for performance, regulatory credibility, and complex operational workflows.
Nature Medica
E-Commerce & Multi-Carrier Shipping
E-commerce with three shipping providers behind one checkout.
Fiable Building Solutions
Engineering & Construction
Engineering and construction, built for credibility and search visibility.
Kaam Connekt
Multi-Tenant Web Platform
Multi-tenant platform with role-based access, relevant if you need a portal rather than a website.
Frequently asked questions
Straight answers on delivery, accessibility compliance, and regional engineering standards.
Business websites AED 12,000–20,000, bilingual Arabic and English builds AED 18,000–32,000, e-commerce AED 25,000–55,000, web applications AED 45,000–120,000. Fixed-price contracts. Abu Dhabi agencies typically quote 1.5–2× these figures for comparable scope.
Tell us what you're building
Send the problem, not a specification. You will get a fixed-price range in AED, an honest assessment of scope, and a straight answer on whether we are the right team.