Web application development for GCC businesses
A web application is software that runs in the browser and lets people do work: sign in, book, approve, pay or manage records. It is priced by user roles, workflows, integrations and compliance, not by the number of pages, which is why a portal can cost more than a large marketing site.
Gulf web applications tend to add a few requirements we plan in discovery rather than after launch:
- Arabic and English from day one, with right-to-left layouts and translation files rather than hard-coded text.
- Dates, numbers and currencies formatted per locale, and the Hijri calendar shown where your users expect it.
- Integrations with the payment providers, accounting systems and government or sector services you already use.
- Hosting in a UAE or Saudi cloud region, in an account your company owns.
- Role-based access enforced in the database, for organisations with several branches, departments or partners.
If your website only needs content pages and a contact form, a website builder or a WordPress theme may be the cheaper choice, and we will say so. Our guide to WordPress vs Next.js explains where each fits.