UAE free zone cost calculator

Set your visas, family and office to see what each of 44 UAE free zones would cost you in year 1 and year 2, cheapest first. Each result is built from that zone's published package and fees, line by line.

Visas needed: 1

Family visas: 0

Office

Emirate

Mainland accessCrypto-friendly

Showing 12 zones, cheapest first, for 1 visa.

Hub71

No named package published

AED 4,500

Year 1 (includes estimates) · Year 2 AED 0

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Licence and registration (estimate)AED 0

Visa processing (market estimate per person) × 1 (estimate)AED 4,500

Hub71 publishes no named packages; this uses our fee estimate for the zone.
Hub71 publishes no per-visa fee; visa processing uses a market estimate of AED 4,500 per person.
Residence visas renew every two years, so visa processing is not repeated in year 2.

Fees verified 2025-01-01.

Mainland

SRTIPView profile →

1 Visa SPARK Starter Promo · Flexi Desk · 1 visa included

AED 16,450

Year 1 (includes estimates) · Year 2 AED 14,690

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1 Visa SPARK Starter Promo package (licence, flexi desk, 1-visa allowance)AED 11,950

Visa processing (market estimate per person) × 1 (estimate)AED 4,500

Sharjah Research Technology & Innovation Park publishes no per-visa fee; visa processing uses a market estimate of AED 4,500 per person.
Residence visas renew every two years, so visa processing is not repeated in year 2.
SRTIP's public pricing is fragmented across standard, promotional and accelerator channels. Main official page quotes AED 5,500 / 13,990 / 17,795 for 0/1/2 visas, while the 2026 SPARK promo page shows materially lower starter prices at AED 3,999 / 10,990 / 14,695. The lower SPARK-promo figures are used as licenseCost on the package rows below (matching the source page's own choice), with the higher standard-page figures used to budget renewals; buyers should get written confirmation of inclusions and renewal terms before committing. Visa-inclusion details (Emirates ID/e-channel bundled vs. extra) also vary between the official page and older accelerator price lists.

Fees verified 2026-06-11.

Banking: Moderate Mainland

COMTECHView profile →

Tech License + Co-working (1 Visa) · Dedicated Desk · 1 visa included

AED 16,820

Year 1 (includes estimates) · Year 2 AED 10,520

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Tech License + Co-working (1 Visa) package (licence, dedicated desk, 1-visa allowance) (estimate)AED 12,320

Visa processing (market estimate per person) × 1 (estimate)AED 4,500

Estimated renewal: 5,500 licence + 3,000 establishment + 200 renewal estimate + 2,500 visa renewal est. + 320 insurance ~= 11,520; confirm with COMTECH/PRO.
Sharjah Communication Technology Free Zone publishes no per-visa fee; visa processing uses a market estimate of AED 4,500 per person.
Residence visas renew every two years, so visa processing is not repeated in year 2.
Pricing for COMTECH licenses and facilities is not publicly published; all package figures on the source page are estimates modeled on Sharjah low-cost tech-zone benchmarks and should be confirmed directly with SCTA/COMTECH before committing.

Fees verified 2026-02-26.

Banking: Difficult Mainland

DFCView profile →

0 Visa (Business License Only) · Flexi Address · 0 visas included

AED 17,875

Year 1 (includes estimates) · Year 2 AED 10,000

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0 Visa (Business License Only) package (licence, flexi address)AED 13,375

Visa processing (market estimate per person) × 1 (estimate)AED 4,500

Dubai Flower Centre publishes no per-visa fee; visa processing uses a market estimate of AED 4,500 per person.
Residence visas renew every two years, so visa processing is not repeated in year 2.

Fees verified 2026-06-11.

Banking: Moderate Mainland

AMCView profile →

Visionary Package (1 Visa) · Flexi Desk · 1 visa included

AED 18,499

Year 1 (includes estimates) · Year 2 AED 9,999

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Visionary Package (1 Visa) package (licence, flexi desk, 1-visa allowance)AED 13,999

Visa processing (market estimate per person) × 1 (estimate)AED 4,500

Ajman Media City publishes no per-visa fee; visa processing uses a market estimate of AED 4,500 per person.
Residence visas renew every two years, so visa processing is not repeated in year 2.

Fees verified 2026-06-01.

Banking: Moderate Mainland

UAQ FTZView profile →

UAQ START All-Inclusive (1 Visa) · Flexi Desk · 1 visa included

AED 18,500

Year 1 (includes estimates) · Year 2 AED 12,500

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UAQ START All-Inclusive (1 Visa) package (licence, flexi desk, 1-visa allowance)AED 12,500

Visa processing (zone rate per person) × 1 (estimate)AED 6,000

Visa processing uses Umm Al Quwain Free Trade Zone's per-person rate; the package price covers the visa allowance, not each person's processing.
Residence visas renew every two years, so visa processing is not repeated in year 2.

Fees verified 2026-06-11.

Banking: Moderate Mainland

SPCView profile →

1 Investor Visa Package · Flexi Desk · 1 visa included

AED 19,110

Year 1 (includes estimates) · Year 2 AED 11,910

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1 Investor Visa Package package (licence, flexi desk, 1-visa allowance)AED 14,610

Visa processing (market estimate per person) × 1 (estimate)AED 4,500

Sharjah Publishing City publishes no per-visa fee; visa processing uses a market estimate of AED 4,500 per person.
Residence visas renew every two years, so visa processing is not repeated in year 2.
Visa quota conflict: SPC's own materials say 'up to 20 visas' in some places and 'unlimited visas on flexi desk' (T&Cs apply) in others. The more specific and reliable figure (20, tied to standard packages) is used here as visa_count on packages/max quota; treat exact quota as package- and facility-dependent and confirm in the offer letter before payment. Separately, activity-count reporting also conflicts across sources (1,500 vs 2,000+); 2,000+ (the figure used in SPC's own marketing and this page's hero copy) is used here.

Fees verified 2026-06-11.

Banking: Moderate Mainland

AFZView profile →

Starter 1 Visa Package · Flexi Desk · 1 visa included

AED 19,159

Year 1 (includes estimates) · Year 2 AED 7,759

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Starter 1 Visa Package package (licence, flexi desk, 1-visa allowance) (estimate)AED 13,159

Visa processing (zone rate per person) × 1 (estimate)AED 6,000

Modeled as annual package renewal + establishment card renewal + e-channel renewal + annual health insurance; excludes full visa re-stamping since residence visas are typically renewed every 2 years.
Visa processing uses Ajman Free Zone's per-person rate; the package price covers the visa allowance, not each person's processing.
Residence visas renew every two years, so visa processing is not repeated in year 2.

Fees verified 2026-06-01.

Banking: Moderate Mainland

RAKEZView profile →

SME Business Set-Up (1 Visa) · Flexi Desk · 1 visa included

AED 20,820

Year 1 (includes estimates) · Year 2 AED 14,320

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SME Business Set-Up (1 Visa) package (licence, flexi desk, 1-visa allowance)AED 14,320

Visa processing (zone rate per person) × 1 (estimate)AED 6,500

Visa processing uses Ras Al Khaimah Economic Zone's per-person rate; the package price covers the visa allowance, not each person's processing.
Residence visas renew every two years, so visa processing is not repeated in year 2.

Fees verified 2026-06-11.

Banking: Moderate Mainland

KEZADView profile →

KIZAD Incubation Hub Flexi Desk Package (1 Visa) · Flexi Desk · 1 visa included

AED 21,588

Year 1 (includes estimates) · Year 2 AED 9,450

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KIZAD Incubation Hub Flexi Desk Package (1 Visa) package (licence, flexi desk, 1-visa allowance)AED 14,088

Visa processing (zone rate per person) × 1 (estimate)AED 7,500

Visa processing uses Khalifa Economic Zones Abu Dhabi's per-person rate; the package price covers the visa allowance, not each person's processing.
Residence visas renew every two years, so visa processing is not repeated in year 2.
Official KEZAD tariffs list license renewal after 2 years at AED 5,000 (license-only); the renewal figures shown for each package here conservatively assume renewal at the same full package price, since package (vs. license-only) renewal terms are not clearly published.

Fees verified 2026-06-11.

Banking: Moderate Mainland

ANCFZView profile →

1-7 Visa All Inclusive Package (1 Visa) · Flexi Desk · 1 visa included

AED 21,700

Year 1 (includes estimates) · Year 2 AED 15,000

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1-7 Visa All Inclusive Package (1 Visa) package (licence, flexi desk, 1-visa allowance)AED 17,200

Visa processing (market estimate per person) × 1 (estimate)AED 4,500

Ajman NuVentures Centre Free Zone publishes no per-visa fee; visa processing uses a market estimate of AED 4,500 per person.
Residence visas renew every two years, so visa processing is not repeated in year 2.

Fees verified 2026-06-01.

Banking: Moderate Mainland

HFZAView profile →

Business Center Package 1 (1 Visa) · Flexi Desk · 1 visa included

AED 22,285

Year 1 (includes estimates) · Year 2 AED 12,000

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Business Center Package 1 (1 Visa) package (licence, flexi desk, 1-visa allowance)AED 15,785

Visa processing (zone rate per person) × 1 (estimate)AED 6,500

Visa processing uses Hamriyah Free Zone's per-person rate; the package price covers the visa allowance, not each person's processing.
Residence visas renew every two years, so visa processing is not repeated in year 2.

Fees verified 2026-06-11.

Banking: Moderate Mainland

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How this calculator works

Most UAE free zones price in fixed visa-count tiers (0-visa, 1-visa, 3-visa packages), so for each zone we pick the cheapest published package with your office type that holds all your visas. We then add each person's visa processing at the zone's own rate, family visas at the zone's published dependant rates, and extra activities or add-ons. Where a zone publishes no figure for a line we use a labelled estimate and say so. The same engine prices Scout's personal advisory reports. Figures are not sponsored and are refreshed as source data changes.