Search "web design company Riyadh" or "website design Jeddah" and you'll get two very different kinds of results: template resellers who'll have you live in 48 hours with a generic theme, and full-service agencies quoting SAR 30,000+ with an 8-week timeline. Most Saudi businesses need neither. Here's what an actual custom website should look like in 2026, and what it should cost.
What Saudi Businesses Are Actually Paying
At the low end, freelance builders and DIY platforms run SAR 2,000–6,000. Fast to launch, but you're stuck with a template structure, and Arabic content is usually an afterthought bolted onto an English design rather than built in from the start.
In the middle tier — where AiSolutions operates — a custom-built business website for a Riyadh or Jeddah company typically runs SAR 6,000–18,000, scaled by page count, whether it needs bilingual Arabic + English (built as true mirrored pages with hreflang, not a translate widget), and whether e-commerce or booking is involved. This tier gets you pages structured around your actual services, mobile-first design (the majority of Saudi web traffic is mobile), and WhatsApp click-to-chat built in from day one — because that's how Saudi customers actually expect to reach a business.
At the top end, larger agencies with account managers and multi-stage revision processes charge SAR 30,000–90,000+. The output isn't necessarily better — you're funding the layers of people between you and the person actually building the site.
Why "Arabic-First" Matters More Than Most Agencies Admit
A huge share of Riyadh and Jeddah web design quotes include Arabic as a checkbox — a Google-translated version of the English site, right-to-left layout applied mechanically, with no attention to whether the Arabic copy actually reads naturally or ranks for Arabic search terms. That's not bilingual, that's cosmetic.
Genuine Arabic-first design means: separate, properly translated Arabic pages (not machine translation), correct hreflang tags so Google serves the right language to the right searcher, RTL layouts that were actually designed for RTL rather than mirrored from LTR, and content written with Saudi buyers in mind — VAT-compliant invoicing language, mada payment familiarity, and local trust signals instead of generic stock photography.
What Any Website Should Include, Regardless of Budget
- Mobile-first design — check this on an actual phone, not just the agency's laptop demo
- WhatsApp click-to-chat, not just a contact form buried on a separate page
- Separate, indexable pages per service (not one scrolling homepage) — this is what actually lets you rank for more than one keyword
- On-page SEO basics: real title tags, meta descriptions, and a sitemap submitted to Google Search Console
- Fast load times — slow sites lose both rankings and mobile visitors on Saudi networks
If a quote doesn't mention how the site will actually get found on Google, ask directly. A well-designed site with zero search visibility is a digital business card nobody sees.
Getting Agency Quality Without the Agency Timeline
This is exactly the gap AiSolutions fills for Riyadh and Jeddah businesses: custom, mobile-first, SEO-structured websites live in 7 days, priced SAR 6,000–18,000 depending on scope, with genuine Arabic + English built in from the first draft — not translated after the fact. No account managers, no two-month process, no template.
If you're comparing quotes for a Riyadh or Jeddah business right now, ask for a same-day estimate based on your actual service list.