WHAT DOES A WEBSITE COST?

A small service business may need visitors to understand its offer and send an enquiry. A company presenting several services may need more pages and project examples. A retailer needs product information, checkout and order handling. Choose the scope around that customer journey: a larger page count alone does not make a website more useful.

The basic package covers up to three pages in Arabic or English. The professional package covers up to seven pages and includes website copywriting. The store package includes setup for up to 25 products and standard payment integration. Confirm the page list, product count, content responsibilities and integrations before work begins. The published packages include up to two revision rounds; discuss work beyond the agreed scope separately.

A bilingual website needs a clear content plan for both languages. List which pages require Arabic, English or both, and who will supply or review each version. Confirm translation, right-to-left presentation and the final number of language versions in your quote. Do not assume that the basic package’s choice of Arabic or English includes two complete language versions.

Hosting and maintenance are separate published services. For illustration, the 200 SAR basic build plus one year of Biaway hosting at 250 SAR adds up to 450 SAR for those two listed items. Twelve months of maintenance at 100 SAR per month would add 1,200 SAR if selected. This arithmetic is not an all-inclusive quotation. Ask whether domain registration, platform subscriptions, gateway charges, paid extensions and any applicable taxes affect your final total.

Share your business name, intended audience, required pages, preferred languages, logo, approved photographs and one main action you want a visitor to take. For a store, add the product list and delivery/payment requirements. Ask the written quote to identify the build scope, review rounds, recurring services, access ownership and delivery milestones. Biaway delivers projects online for businesses across Saudi Arabia; the brief should describe the customers you serve rather than just a city name.

The cost depends on what the designer must deliver, not just the number of screens in a presentation. Compare page scope, content, languages, functionality, testing and handover before comparing totals. A simple company website, an online store and a booking system are different projects even if each has only a few visible pages.

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List the customer tasks first: understand services, inspect work, request a quotation, book an appointment or buy a product. Then identify the pages and systems needed for those tasks. State who supplies copy, translation, photographs and product information.

Count meaningful page types and functionality, not just menu labels. A product catalogue with filters and hundreds of entries can require more work than a small brochure site. A booking feature may also need availability rules, notifications and integrations that are not included in a basic website.

Biaway's catalogue checked on 14 October 2026 lists a basic website at SAR 200 for up to three pages in Arabic or English, a professional website at SAR 500 for up to seven pages and an ecommerce setup at SAR 700 for up to 25 products within its stated scope. These are Biaway package prices, not Saudi market averages or a promise that every project fits.

Confirm the required language combination, custom features, copy, revisions, third-party subscriptions, taxes and exclusions in the actual quotation. Do not assume a one-language starting package includes a complete bilingual implementation.

Ask about domain renewal, hosting, maintenance, paid licences and transaction-related services where applicable. Biaway separately lists hosting at SAR 250 yearly and maintenance at SAR 100 monthly for up to one hour of minor work. Confirm whether you need those services and what the agreement includes.

Illustrative arithmetic: a SAR 500 build plus SAR 250 annual hosting and twelve SAR 100 maintenance payments totals SAR 1,950 before domain, taxes or other agreed items. This uses published package amounts to demonstrate budgeting, not a bundled offer or a claim that maintenance is mandatory.

For Hofuf and Mubarraz in Al Ahsa, a business may need clear collection or appointment information. For Dammam and Khobar, confirm any delivery or project-visit rules. For Riyadh and Jeddah, decide whether the site supports shipping or remote services. Saudi Arabia coverage should influence the useful information and workflow, not automatically create seven paid copies of the same page.

Give suppliers the same brief and ask for included deliverables, exclusions, timeline dependencies, revision rules, acceptance tests and handover. Clarify what happens if requirements change. A cheaper proposal may be suitable when it deliberately removes nonessential scope; it is harder to judge when it simply omits important work.

Choose a budget that completes the core customer journey and leaves the business able to maintain the site. An attractive launch price is not the whole cost of ownership.

Send Biaway your page needs, languages and customer tasks. Ask for a written build price and separate recurring costs.

Yes, when the scope matches a small but complete business need. Affordability comes from choosing fewer useful features, preparing accurate material and avoiding unnecessary complexity. It should not come from an unusable mobile layout, unclear ownership or a contact route that has never been tested.

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For a small service business, the first outcome might be that a customer understands the service, sees credible evidence and sends a suitable enquiry. That can require fewer pages than a large corporate site. A store or appointment system has different essentials.

Write the launch task before choosing a package. Remove decorative or duplicate work, but keep the content and functionality required to complete that task. 'Small' describes scope; it should not describe the care taken with the essentials.

Biaway's catalogue checked on 14 October 2026 lists a basic website at SAR 200 for up to three pages in Arabic or English, and a professional website at SAR 500 for up to seven pages within the published scope. These are Biaway offers, not a claim to be Saudi Arabia's cheapest supplier.

Ask whether your bilingual requirements, content, integrations, revisions and ongoing services fit. Confirm the final quote, taxes and external costs where applicable. A package is affordable only if it meets the need without unexpected work being assumed.

Provide approved service descriptions, genuine images, public contact details and a single feedback owner. Decide which language versions are essential and approve terminology before layout is finalized. Repeatedly changing the brief can consume more effort than adding a useful feature.

Do not use unlicensed pictures or invented project results to fill gaps quickly. A modest honest portfolio or a clearly described process is more useful than misleading proof.

A single useful service page can explain actual work for Hofuf and Mubarraz in Al Ahsa, Dammam and Khobar, and Riyadh and Jeddah. Describe remote delivery, visits or shipping only where offered. Buying repetitive city pages is not a necessary starting expense for a Saudi Arabia website; invest in the information customers need to decide.

Separate the build from the domain, hosting, maintenance, platform subscriptions and future content work. Ask who can edit the site and what happens if you change suppliers. Keep a simple first-year and renewal-cost worksheet.

Before acceptance, test the core journey on mobile and desktop and in each included language. Affordable design is a clearly bounded working solution, with optional improvements added later when there is a reason and a budget.

Send Biaway your essential pages, language needs and customer action for a scoped affordable proposal.

For website design in Saudi Arabia, describe where the business can fulfil orders or enquiries. A business serving Hofuf and Mubarraz in Al Ahsa may need a clear service-area explanation and one enquiry route. A supplier delivering to Dammam and Khobar should also explain what information is needed to confirm delivery. If customers in Riyadh and Jeddah can order online, include delivery rules, payment requirements and the relevant language versions in the brief. These are planning examples, not claims about local prices. Compare the pages, products and integrations in each proposal; a city name alone does not define the work. Biaway scopes and delivers website projects online, so agree on content handover, review calls and access ownership before starting.

BASIC WEBSITE
200 SAR · One-time

PROFESSIONAL WEBSITE
500 SAR · One-time

E-COMMERCE WEBSITE
700 SAR · One-time

WEBSITE HOSTING
250 SAR · Yearly

WEBSITE MAINTENANCE
100 SAR · Monthly