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Software Development Company in Dubai — Production-Grade Mobile, Web, AI & MVPs Since 2022

Xenotix Labs builds mobile apps, Next.js web platforms, AI products, and MVPs for Dubai-based founders, SMBs, and free-zone-licensed entities (DMCC, DIFC, JAFZA). We are the engineering team behind Cricket Winner (cricketwinner.com), built for UAE's WinnerMedia Sports in 2022 — today serving millions of cricket fans across the GCC.

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Cricket Winner — live cricket platform built for Dubai's WinnerMedia Sports
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WinnerMedia Sports·4+ years in production·Millions of GCC users served·DUNS-verified Apple + Google publishing·Free-zone-friendly contracts

Why Dubai-based founders work with Xenotix Labs for mobile, web, AI, and MVP development

Dubai is the epicentre of UAE's tech economy. The city houses DIFC for regulated fintech, DMCC for crypto and trading-tech, JAFZA for logistics-tech adjacent to Jebel Ali Port, Dubai Internet City for general technology businesses, and a thriving Mainland economy for B2C platforms. Xenotix Labs has been building production-grade software products for Dubai-based clients since 2022, anchored by our flagship engagement with WinnerMedia Sports for Cricket Winner (cricketwinner.com) — a live cricket platform that today serves millions of users during IPL 2026 and T20 World Cup 2026.

When Dubai founders evaluate a software development partner, the decision typically narrows to three candidates: a premium Dubai-based agency charging AED 1,000+/hour ($270+/hour), an offshore agency in Eastern Europe or Pakistan offering low rates with quality variance, or an India-based engineering team with a track record of shipping to UAE clients. Xenotix Labs sits in the third category — and we have the production proof to back it. Cricket Winner has been live in Dubai for over 4 years, scaled through multiple IPL seasons without architecture rewrites, and the same engineering team that shipped the original product is the same team operating it today.

The 1.5-hour time zone gap between Dubai (Gulf Standard Time, UTC+4) and our India HQ (India Standard Time, UTC+5:30) gives Dubai founders something European or US clients of India-based agencies do not get: full-day overlap. When you start your day in Dubai at 9 AM, our team is at 10:30 AM and going strong until 8 PM Dubai time. Daily standups, real-time Slack response, same-day code review, and incident response within the same business day. Cricket Winner has been operating on this cadence for 4+ years.

Our pricing is transparent and AED-first. Starter MVPs from AED 23,000, growth-tier builds from AED 47,000, scale-tier multi-app systems from AED 117,000, enterprise from AED 281,000+. No opaque hourly metering, no surprise scope creep. Our contracts are friendly to all major Dubai free zones — DMCC for crypto and commodities, DIFC for fintech, JAFZA for logistics, Dubai Internet City and Mainland for everything else. We sign mutual NDAs before scoping calls, and IP transfer is explicit on day one.

Below, we walk through the full set of services we deliver to Dubai-based clients, the technology decisions behind our default stack, our pricing tiers in AED, the Cricket Winner case study in depth, related case studies framed for Dubai-relevant use cases, our differentiators against generic alternatives, the FAQ Dubai founders ask in scoping calls, and the next steps to start an engagement.

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Written by Xenotix Labs Engineering

Founding Engineering Team — India HQ, UAE delivery

Xenotix Labs is a startup-first software development company headquartered in India. Our engineering team has shipped 33+ production startup products globally — including Cricket Winner (cricketwinner.com), the live cricket platform built for UAE-based WinnerMedia Sports that today serves millions of cricket fans across UAE, India, and the GCC.

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Cricket Winner — Dubai-built live cricket platform serving millions across the GCC

Built for WinnerMedia Sports (Dubai, UAE) · Live since 2022

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The challenge

Build a live cricket platform for Dubai-based WinnerMedia Sports — sub-second ball-by-ball score updates during live IPL and T20 World Cup matches, breaking cricket news with editorial workflow, fantasy tips, expert match predictions, an opinion-trading engine where cricket fans place views on match outcomes, and a sponsored leaderboard contest engine. The platform had to scale from launch traffic to live IPL-class match traffic without architectural rewrites, support both light and dark mode for users browsing during day and night cricket matches, ship multilingual capability with English-first content, and hit Lighthouse 90+ on the mobile devices common across the UAE and GCC — heterogeneous Android and iOS hardware spanning premium iPhones in Abu Dhabi, mid-range Samsungs in Sharjah, and budget Android in the wider expat market.

Stack

Flutter mobile (iOS + Android from a single Dart codebase, Riverpod state management, Hermes-tuned cold start, native platform channels for biometric auth and payments), Next.js 14 web with App Router and React Server Components for SEO-indexed match-prediction articles, Node.js backend with MongoDB optimised for high-volume cricket event metadata (deliberately Mongo over Postgres because match events are document-shaped — match info, ball-by-ball deliveries, news articles, expert predictions, leaderboard rankings all benefit from flexible schema), WebSockets for sub-second ball-by-ball score sync during live matches, Kafka for high-throughput trading and news event streams that need replayable ingestion when traffic spikes 100× during popular matches, AWS infrastructure with primary in ap-south-1 (Mumbai) for cost-effectiveness and CloudFront edge nodes in Dubai (DXB) and Riyadh for sub-50ms latency to GCC end users, Figma → production design system shipping dark + light mode in lockstep, internal CMS for the editorial team to publish 10+ articles per day, and a sponsored gifts / contest engine integrated with WhatsApp Business API for fan engagement.

Outcome

Live in production for over 4 years. Has scaled through IPL 2023, IPL 2024, IPL 2025, and is currently sustaining live IPL 2026 + T20 World Cup 2026 traffic with sub-second score sync latency on every ball. Active editorial team publishes 10+ articles per day across match predictions, fantasy tips, cricket news, player analysis, and stats deep-dives. Active leaderboard with hundreds of expert participants per month, ranked by accuracy on match and toss predictions. Sponsored advertising and contest engine running 24/7 with brand integrations from major UAE retailers. Bilingual capability (English-first with Arabic support roadmap). Dark mode and light mode both shipping at production parity. iOS, Android, and Web — all from one engineering team. The same Xenotix engineering team that shipped the original product in 2022 is the same team operating it today in 2026 — a 4-year continuity record with zero architecture rewrites despite traffic scaling roughly 100× from launch to current peak IPL match concurrency.

Key signals

  • Millions of cricket fans served across Dubai, the UAE, India, and the wider GCC
  • Sub-second score sync latency on every ball during live IPL 2026 matches
  • 4+ years continuously in production with zero architecture rewrites
  • Currently active during IPL 2026 and T20 World Cup 2026
  • 10+ original editorial articles published every day
  • Hundreds of monthly leaderboard participants competing on prediction accuracy
  • Bilingual capability (English-first), production dark + light mode
  • iOS + Android + Web all delivered by one Xenotix engineering team
  • Sponsored gifts / contest engine with major UAE retailer integrations
  • 100× traffic scale from launch baseline to current peak match concurrency

Cricket Winner — In production right now

What we built for Dubai's WinnerMedia Sports

These are screenshots of the live Cricket Winner platform serving millions of fans during IPL 2026 and T20 World Cup 2026. Visit cricketwinner.com and you are using Xenotix engineering output right now.

Cricket Winner homepage — light mode — showing live IPL 2026 scores, news headlines, and the daily prediction contest

Homepage — Light mode

Live IPL 2026 scores, breaking news, daily prediction contest, leaderboard rankings

Cricket Winner homepage — dark mode — same product with full dark-mode token system

Homepage — Dark mode

Same product with a full dark-mode token system — both shipping at production parity

Cricket Winner live scorecard — Bangladesh W vs Sri Lanka W T20I — sub-second WebSocket score sync

Live scorecard

Sub-second ball-by-ball score sync via WebSockets — running through every IPL since 2023

Cricket Winner match prediction article — full editorial CMS rendering with related links

Match prediction articles

Editorial CMS publishing 10+ articles daily — Next.js SSR for perfect SEO indexability

Cricket Winner cricket news listing with monthly expert ranking leaderboard

News + Expert leaderboard

Cricket analysis articles + monthly expert prediction leaderboard with hundreds of participants

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Sub-services

What we ship inside software development company in dubai — production-grade mobile, web, ai & mvps since 2022

Real engagements, real case studies — not a feature list. Each sub-service is one we have shipped to production.

Mobile App Development for Dubai Startups (Flutter / React Native / Native)

iOS + Android apps for Dubai-based D2C, services marketplaces, fintech, healthtech. Flutter is our default for venture-funded Dubai startups; React Native when your team is JS-heavy; Native when use case demands.

Use cases: Dubai D2C brands launching across the GCC, services marketplaces (Talabat / Careem competitors), fintech apps for DIFC entities, healthtech for Dubai Health Authority compliance

Shipped on: Cricket Winner mobile (UAE WinnerMedia Sports), Veda Milk three-app suite, Bolcall dating, Cremaster home services, 18+ Flutter apps in production

Next.js Web Development for Dubai SaaS, E-commerce, and Marketing Sites

Production-grade Next.js sites with Lighthouse 90+ mobile performance, SEO-optimised SSR, Tailwind 4 design tokens. Hosted on Vercel for marketing sites or AWS Middle East (Bahrain) for SaaS.

Use cases: DIFC-licensed fintech dashboards, Dubai SMB e-commerce storefronts, premium real-estate portfolios, Dubai-based content platforms (Cricket Winner web pattern)

Shipped on: Cricket Winner web in Dubai, Pacific Holidays travel SEO, GoldenOak premium real estate, 14+ Next.js production sites globally

MVP Development for Pre-seed and Seed Dubai Founders

6-10 week MVPs starting at AED 23,000. Production stack from day one (no no-code shortcuts). Ideal for founders preparing pre-seed pitches at DMCC accelerators, DIFC FinTech Hive, or Hub71 Abu Dhabi.

Use cases: DMCC accelerator MVPs, FinTech Hive participants, Hub71 startups, Dubai-based accelerator program graduates needing investor-grade demos

Shipped on: 25+ MVPs shipped — Bolcall in 8 weeks, Growara in 8 weeks, Veda Milk in 10 weeks. All still in production with zero rewrites.

AI & LLM Integration for Dubai Enterprises and SMBs

OpenAI / Anthropic API integration, RAG over your private documents, AI chatbots for Arabic + English customer support automation, AI agents for workflow automation.

Use cases: Arabic + English bilingual support automation for Dubai retail and hospitality, internal knowledge bots for DIFC enterprises, AI content tools for Dubai media platforms

Shipped on: Growara AI WhatsApp automation, Alcedo AI education, Corporate Gate AI resume builder, 6+ AI products in production

Blockchain Development for DMCC-Licensed Crypto Products

Smart contracts on Ethereum and EVM L2s, DApp frontends, crypto wallet integration, NFT marketplaces. External audit coordination via Trail of Bits / OpenZeppelin before mainnet.

Use cases: DMCC-licensed crypto exchanges, NFT marketplaces for UAE-based creators, crypto-MLM platforms with on-chain payouts, tokenized asset experiments

Shipped on: BullBot live crypto MLM platform with on-chain commission distribution

E-commerce Development for Dubai D2C and B2B Marketplaces

Custom Next.js storefronts (not Shopify themes) for Dubai D2C brands needing escape from template constraints. Telr, PayTabs, Razorpay UAE, Stripe integration. Full Arabic/English bilingual support with RTL layouts.

Use cases: Dubai D2C brands launching across the GCC, JAFZA-anchored B2B distributors, premium retail with custom configurators, subscription commerce (groceries, beauty, dairy)

Shipped on: Veda Milk subscription dairy, Nursery Wallah marketplace, Axmile dynamic UI, 6+ e-commerce platforms in production

UI/UX Design with Figma → Production for Dubai Premium Brands

Dark + light mode by default (Cricket Winner runs both). RTL/Arabic typography support. WCAG AA accessibility tokens baked in. Multi-persona research for products with distinct user types.

Use cases: Dubai consumer apps requiring premium feel, fintech dashboards needing dark mode, multi-persona platforms (Legal Owl pattern shipped with 7 personas), premium D2C with brand systems

Shipped on: Cricket Winner Figma → production (4+ years, dark + light, multilingual), Veda Milk three-app design system, Legal Owl 7-persona research

Tech stack reasoning

Why our Dubai engagements default to Flutter + Next.js + Node.js + AWS

Cricket Winner — our anchor Dubai engagement — runs on Flutter mobile + Next.js web + Node.js + MongoDB + Kafka + WebSockets + AWS. Every part of that stack was a deliberate decision tied to the product's reality. Flutter for pixel-perfect parity across iOS and Android (cricket fans across the GCC use heterogeneous devices). Next.js for SEO-indexed match-prediction articles and live news pages. MongoDB for the document-shaped cricket event data (deliberately not Postgres for this product). Kafka for the high-throughput event streams during live IPL matches. WebSockets for sub-second ball-by-ball score sync. AWS with CloudFront edge nodes in Dubai and Riyadh for low-latency delivery to UAE end users.

For new Dubai engagements, our defaults are: Flutter for mobile (one Dart codebase, two stores, automatic visual parity), Next.js with App Router for web (Lighthouse 90+ mobile, perfect SEO, fast iteration), Node.js + PostgreSQL for backend (transactional integrity, no flash-sale chaos under traffic), AWS Middle East (Bahrain) for UAE-hosted apps with data-residency requirements, AWS Mumbai (ap-south-1) with Dubai CloudFront edges for cost-effective deployments serving both UAE and India users.

We pivot from defaults when use case demands. MongoDB over Postgres when data is genuinely document-shaped (Cricket Winner, FYZ short-video). Kafka over RabbitMQ when event streams need replay (Cricket Winner trading events, FYZ feed ranking, Growara WhatsApp queues). React Native over Flutter when your existing team is React-heavy and code-share with web matters. Native Swift / Kotlin when platform performance matters (heavy AR, on-device ML, audio DSP).

On AI: OpenAI or Anthropic API + pgvector for retrieval is our 80% answer. Pinecone / Weaviate when corpus exceeds ~500k documents. Self-hosted Llama / Mistral when UAE data residency rules forbid sending data to US LLM endpoints — relevant for some DIFC fintech and Department of Health Abu Dhabi engagements.

Pricing & timeline

How much does software development company in dubai — production-grade mobile, web, ai & mvps since 2022 cost?

Published tiers, not opaque quotes. Every range below is one we have shipped engagements at.

Dubai Starter MVP

AED 23,000 – 47,000

$6,300 – $12,800

Timeline6-10 weeks
Team1 mobile/web engineer, 1 backend, 1 designer (part-time)
ScopeSingle-platform Flutter app or Next.js web app. 4-8 screens, auth, payments (Telr / PayTabs / Razorpay UAE), basic admin panel. Hosted on AWS.
Best forPre-seed Dubai founders, accelerator program participants, SMBs launching a digital arm

Dubai Growth Build

AED 47,000 – 117,000

$12,800 – $32,000

Timeline3-5 months
Team2 mobile, 1 web, 1 backend, 1 designer, 0.5 PM
ScopeiOS + Android (Flutter) + Next.js web admin. Real-time features, analytics, payments, push, custom CMS.
Best forSeed Dubai startups, GCC-launching D2C brands, services marketplaces

Dubai Scale Build

AED 117,000 – 281,000

$32,000 – $76,500

Timeline5-9 months
Team3-4 mobile, 2 backend, 1 DevOps, 1 designer, 1 PM, 1 QA
ScopeMulti-app suite with microservices, real-time engine, multi-region AWS, full analytics, CI/CD. Cricket Winner is in this tier.
Best forSeries-A Dubai startups, sports/media platforms (Cricket Winner pattern), DFSA fintech

Dubai Enterprise

AED 281,000+

$76,500+

Timeline9+ months
TeamFull pod (6+) plus dedicated SRE
ScopeWhite-label, multi-tenant, SOC 2-aligned, dedicated SRE, multi-region (UAE + India + global edge).
Best forSeries-B+ Dubai conglomerates, regulated DIFC fintech with audit trails, Dubai government-tech

Pricing varies with scope, integrations, and compliance needs. Every engagement starts with a fixed-scope written estimate after a 2-week paid discovery — never an open hourly meter.

UAE free-zone landscape

Free-zone-friendly contracts across the UAE

We contract with UAE entities across all major free zones. Templates pre-vetted for compliance.

DMCC (Dubai Multi Commodities Centre)

Dubai (Jumeirah Lakes Towers)

100% foreign ownership, 0% corporate tax (until 2024 — now 9% above AED 375k profit), best for trading, commodities, crypto-licensed businesses, and tech companies serving GCC and Africa.

Typical clients we serve here

Crypto exchanges, commodity trading SaaS, GCC-focused tech startups

DIFC (Dubai International Financial Centre)

Dubai (Sheikh Zayed Road)

Independent legal jurisdiction based on English common law. Mandatory for fintech, banking, asset management. DFSA-regulated. Best for fintech apps, neobanks, payment processors.

Typical clients we serve here

Fintech apps, neobank MVPs, payment infrastructure, regulated financial software

JAFZA (Jebel Ali Free Zone)

Dubai (Jebel Ali Port)

Largest free zone in the UAE. Best for logistics, supply-chain, manufacturing, and e-commerce companies needing physical fulfilment infrastructure adjacent to Jebel Ali Port.

Typical clients we serve here

Logistics SaaS, e-commerce backends, supply-chain platforms, B2B marketplaces

ADGM (Abu Dhabi Global Market)

Abu Dhabi (Al Maryah Island)

Independent jurisdiction with English common law, like DIFC. ADGM-regulated. Best for Abu Dhabi-anchored fintech, healthtech (Department of Health Abu Dhabi), and government-tech engagements.

Typical clients we serve here

Abu Dhabi-anchored fintechs, GovTech contractors, healthtech startups

Sharjah Media City (Shams)

Sharjah

Cost-effective free zone for media, content, and tech SMBs. Cheaper than Dubai equivalents. Best for content platforms, edtech startups, and bootstrapped tech companies.

Typical clients we serve here

Content platforms, edtech, bootstrapped SaaS, indie tech founders

Mainland (Department of Economic Development)

Anywhere across the UAE

Required if you want to invoice UAE government entities, sell physical retail to UAE residents, or have unrestricted access to the UAE market. Allows 100% foreign ownership since 2021.

Typical clients we serve here

B2C retail platforms, government-tech vendors, physical-services platforms

Real case studies

Production case studies — not deck pages

Each software development company in dubai — production-grade mobile, web, ai & mvps since 2022 engagement below is live, in production, and serving real users today.

Cricket Winner — Dubai-built live cricket platform serving millions across the GCC

Problem

Build a live cricket platform for Dubai-based WinnerMedia Sports — sub-second ball-by-ball score updates during live IPL and T20 World Cup matches, breaking cricket news with editorial workflow, fantasy tips, expert match predictions, an opinion-trading engine where cricket fans place views on match outcomes, and a sponsored leaderboard contest engine. The platform had to scale from launch traffic to live IPL-class match traffic without architectural rewrites, support both light and dark mode for users browsing during day and night cricket matches, ship multilingual capability with English-first content, and hit Lighthouse 90+ on the mobile devices common across the UAE and GCC — heterogeneous Android and iOS hardware spanning premium iPhones in Abu Dhabi, mid-range Samsungs in Sharjah, and budget Android in the wider expat market.

Stack

Flutter mobile (iOS + Android from a single Dart codebase, Riverpod state management, Hermes-tuned cold start, native platform channels for biometric auth and payments), Next.js 14 web with App Router and React Server Components for SEO-indexed match-prediction articles, Node.js backend with MongoDB optimised for high-volume cricket event metadata (deliberately Mongo over Postgres because match events are document-shaped — match info, ball-by-ball deliveries, news articles, expert predictions, leaderboard rankings all benefit from flexible schema), WebSockets for sub-second ball-by-ball score sync during live matches, Kafka for high-throughput trading and news event streams that need replayable ingestion when traffic spikes 100× during popular matches, AWS infrastructure with primary in ap-south-1 (Mumbai) for cost-effectiveness and CloudFront edge nodes in Dubai (DXB) and Riyadh for sub-50ms latency to GCC end users, Figma → production design system shipping dark + light mode in lockstep, internal CMS for the editorial team to publish 10+ articles per day, and a sponsored gifts / contest engine integrated with WhatsApp Business API for fan engagement.

Outcome

Live in production for over 4 years. Has scaled through IPL 2023, IPL 2024, IPL 2025, and is currently sustaining live IPL 2026 + T20 World Cup 2026 traffic with sub-second score sync latency on every ball. Active editorial team publishes 10+ articles per day across match predictions, fantasy tips, cricket news, player analysis, and stats deep-dives. Active leaderboard with hundreds of expert participants per month, ranked by accuracy on match and toss predictions. Sponsored advertising and contest engine running 24/7 with brand integrations from major UAE retailers. Bilingual capability (English-first with Arabic support roadmap). Dark mode and light mode both shipping at production parity. iOS, Android, and Web — all from one engineering team. The same Xenotix engineering team that shipped the original product in 2022 is the same team operating it today in 2026 — a 4-year continuity record with zero architecture rewrites despite traffic scaling roughly 100× from launch to current peak IPL match concurrency.

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Veda Milk D2C dairy — replicable pattern for Dubai grocery / dairy startups

Problem

Build a Country-Delight-class daily dairy subscription platform with three apps (customer, delivery, admin) in 10 weeks.

Stack

Flutter, Next.js, Node.js, PostgreSQL, RabbitMQ, AWS

Outcome

Live in production with zero architecture rewrites since 2023.

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Growara AI WhatsApp — replicable for Dubai retail/hospitality customer support

Problem

Build an AI agent on WhatsApp Business API that handles SMB customer queries 24/7 with human escalation.

Stack

Next.js dashboard, Node.js, PostgreSQL, Meta WhatsApp Business API, OpenAI integration, RabbitMQ

Outcome

Live AI agent handling production query volume.

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Why founders pick Xenotix

Why Xenotix Labs for software development company in dubai — production-grade mobile, web, ai & mvps since 2022

Cricket Winner — 4+ years live for a Dubai client

The strongest proof we can offer Dubai founders. Live production product, public verification at cricketwinner.com, zero architecture rewrites since 2022.

Full-day overlap with Dubai timezone

1.5-hour gap between IST and GST means daily standups, same-day reviews, real-time incident response — the cadence Cricket Winner has run on for 4 years.

AED-first transparent tier pricing

Four published tiers from AED 23,000 to AED 281,000+. No opaque hourly metering.

Free-zone-friendly contracts (DMCC, DIFC, JAFZA, ADGM)

Contract templates pre-vetted for UAE free-zone compliance. NDAs first, IP transferred on day one.

DUNS-verified for App Store / Play Store publishing

We can publish under our accounts globally, or yours. Average first-time review pass: 2.4 days.

Continuity guarantee — same engineers Day 1 and Day 1,500

Cricket Winner's engineering team is unchanged from launch in 2022 to today's IPL 2026 traffic. We put this continuity guarantee in writing.

FAQ

Questions UAE founders ask in scoping calls

Do you have UAE clients besides Cricket Winner?

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Cricket Winner / WinnerMedia Sports is our anchor UAE engagement. We are actively building UAE-focused capacity to serve more Dubai-based founders. While we have one named UAE client today, we have shipped 33+ products globally — most replicable for UAE business contexts. We frame our India case studies honestly: "this architecture would deploy for a Dubai-based version with X local adjustments".

How does AED pricing actually work?

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We invoice in AED at our four published tiers (Starter AED 23,000, Growth AED 47-117k, Scale AED 117-281k, Enterprise AED 281k+). Half-down at engagement start, milestone-based payment after. AED rates are indexed against INR with quarterly review — so AED price stays stable from contract date even if INR-AED rate fluctuates.

Which Dubai free zones are you familiar with?

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We contract directly across DMCC (crypto, trading), DIFC (fintech), JAFZA (logistics), Dubai Internet City (general tech), and Mainland (B2C retail / unrestricted access). Our contract templates are pre-vetted for compliance across all of these. For ADGM (Abu Dhabi), we coordinate with the same templates and a UAE-based legal advisor on jurisdiction-specific clauses.

Can you ship Arabic-first or bilingual apps?

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Yes. Full RTL layouts, Arabic typography, bilingual content management. We work with native-Arabic translators for production content (no LLM auto-translation in production without human review). Cricket Winner is English-first with bilingual capability; we have a clear pattern for Arabic-first or Arabic + English bilingual launches.

Will my Dubai app be hosted in UAE region or India region?

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Default for UAE-anchored apps with Gulf-only users: AWS Middle East (Bahrain, me-south-1) for low latency and data residency. Default for apps serving UAE + global users: AWS Mumbai (ap-south-1) with CloudFront edge nodes in Dubai for sub-50ms UAE latency. We discuss the architectural choice during scoping based on your data-residency needs and budget.

Do you visit Dubai for major engagements?

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Yes — for Scale-tier and Enterprise-tier engagements, we travel to Dubai for kickoff workshops and quarterly product strategy sessions. Travel costs are transparent (economy fare + standard hotel) and either built into the engagement budget or invoiced separately at cost. For Starter and Growth tiers, we work fully remote with daily standups and weekly demo calls — same cadence Cricket Winner has used for 4 years.

What's your process for VAT and invoicing for UAE clients?

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Our invoices are issued from our Indian entity to your UAE entity. As a non-UAE-resident service provider, our invoices typically fall under reverse-charge VAT — your UAE VAT-registered entity handles the 5% VAT obligation per FTA reverse-charge rules on imported services. We provide all required documentation (Tax Residency Certificate from India, DTAA evidence) so you can claim treaty benefits and reverse-charge correctly. For UAE clients who require an in-region invoicing partner, we can structure that on request.

Can I see Cricket Winner running in Dubai?

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Yes — visit cricketwinner.com or download the Cricket Winner app from the App Store / Play Store (UAE listings live). The platform is currently active during IPL 2026 and T20 World Cup 2026. We are happy to give you a 30-minute architecture walkthrough on a discovery call covering the live-score WebSocket flow, Kafka event pipeline, Figma → production design system, and the operational cadence we have run for 4+ years.

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