Three proposals promise a professional website. One includes copywriting, another expects finished text from you, and a third lists only the first year of hosting. The headline prices look comparable. The actual projects are different.
Choosing a web design company in Egypt becomes easier when you start with what the website must help a customer do: understand a service, request an estimate, book an appointment or buy a product. You can then assess the work needed to support that action instead of judging home page screenshots alone.
I am Bakry Abdelsalam, an independent web developer working with businesses in Egypt and the Gulf. This guide explains how to shortlist a provider, including situations where a broader agency team makes more sense than hiring me. It is a buying framework, rather than an independently ranked list of agencies.
The short answer: choose evidence and a manageable scope
To choose a web design company, ask for relevant live work, an explanation of the customer journey, a clear division of content responsibilities, and the cost of keeping the website running. Confirm who will implement the project, who approves it, and what your business controls at handover.
If you already know you need a company website, review my website design and development service. Bring your main service, intended audience and desired customer action to the conversation so we can discuss the work your business actually needs.
Define the website before comparing providers
A consultancy needs to explain its expertise and make an enquiry credible. A supplier might need a searchable catalogue and a quotation request. A store needs product choices, delivery rules, checkout and order administration. Those requirements lead to different proposals.
Write a short statement: “The visitor should be able to…” Then ask each candidate to describe that journey, including what happens after the customer submits a request. If the discussion stays on colours and animation, the commercial requirements still need attention.
For an online store, use the ecommerce development company selection guide. The rest of this article focuses on business and service websites, including projects managed by an English speaking owner or team.
How to assess a website development company in Egypt
Open two relevant projects on your phone. Start on an internal service page. Can you understand the offer without a sales explanation? Can you find appropriate evidence? Does the contact action explain what information to send?
Ask the candidate what they personally delivered. A site may involve a separate branding agency, copywriter and developer. Understanding that division helps you judge whether the provider can supply the work included in your proposal.
A decision from my own work: the Arc Vision engineering website needed to explain connected services across reality capture, BIM, design and delivery in Arabic and English. Organising those services was part of the implementation problem. If your business also has overlapping specialisms, ask how a visitor will understand their relationship and reach a relevant project before making contact. This demonstrates a delivery decision, rather than a measured increase in sales.
Make Arabic and English responsibilities explicit
An English proposal does not automatically include a complete English website. Specify which pages, forms, confirmation messages and administration instructions need each language, and who supplies and reviews the text.
For an Egyptian business serving local and international customers, ask how visitors move between equivalent pages and how future updates will be maintained. Someone should own terminology, service names and commercial details across both versions.
Approve one representative service page in each required language before the remaining pages are produced. This gives your team a useful point to review readability, mobile layout and completeness. It also reduces the risk of discovering late that “translation included” meant navigation labels only.
Compare the first year and the renewal separately
Price is meaningful when the scope is comparable. Ask each provider to separate the build from ongoing services and third party charges:
| Area | What to establish |
|---|---|
| Build | Pages, templates, forms, content management and integrations |
| Content | Editing, translation, photography and the material you supply |
| Running costs | Domain, hosting, email, licences and renewals |
| Payment | Quotation currency, milestones and the stated treatment of fees |
| Support | Defect fixes, new changes, contact arrangements and exclusions |
Do not assume all costs are in Egyptian pounds because the provider is based in Egypt. Some services may be billed in another currency. Ask who purchases and renews them, whether they sit in your accounts, and what happens if a subscription ends.
Use the freelance web developer cost guide to prepare a scope comparison. Any published example remains separate from a quotation for your project. A lower quote can be appropriate when it covers everything you need; a higher one needs a clear explanation of the additional work.
Decide whether you need an agency or an independent developer
An agency may fit a launch that needs brand strategy, photography, extensive writing, campaigns and development to run together. Ask which specialists are assigned and which work is outsourced.
An independent developer can fit a defined company website, WordPress implementation or focused technical project where you want direct access to the implementer. Ask about capacity, absence cover, documentation and support boundaries, just as you would with an agency.
If your business requires an Egyptian contracting entity, a particular procurement process or regular onsite work, state that before comparing proposals. Geographic service coverage alone does not confirm those requirements. You can review my independent development approach and assess whether it matches your delivery needs.
Agree what a successful review looks like
Use existing work during shortlisting. Any page produced specifically for your project should belong to an agreed delivery milestone, rather than being assumed to be free work before appointment.
During implementation, review a real service page on mobile, submit an enquiry, and confirm it reaches the agreed destination. If your team will manage content, have that person edit an item during handover. Ask for access ownership and basic operating instructions while the project is still active.
For search readiness, ask for specific deliverables such as page titles, crawlable pages, a sitemap and redirects where existing URLs change. Google advises caution when hiring SEO help and states that nobody can guarantee a number one ranking. Separate launch preparation from ongoing content and search work.
Frequently asked questions
What is the best web design company in Egypt for my business?
Choose the provider with relevant work, suitable delivery capacity, clear content responsibilities, and written ownership and support terms. The right fit depends on your requirements rather than a universal best company label.
Do I need a provider in my city?
A local provider can help when you need onsite meetings, photography or particular procurement arrangements. Remote delivery can work when scope, review responsibilities, communication and handover are clearly agreed.
Can I commission an English and Arabic website together?
Yes, but specify the pages and customer journeys required in each language. Agree who writes, translates and approves the material, and who keeps both versions current after launch.
Does website design include ongoing SEO?
Only if the proposal says so. Initial technical setup, content production and continuing search improvement are different work. Ask for named deliverables and reporting instead of relying on a general SEO promise.
What should I send to request a proposal?
Send your business description, audience, main customer action, languages, required pages, existing website, available content, integrations, approximate budget and launch constraints. Include any procurement or onsite requirements.
Start with a brief you can evaluate
If you want a website that explains your offer and makes the next action clear, send me your project details. I will review the requirements and explain the scope I can deliver and anything that needs another specialist before we agree the work.
For a Saudi focused project, read choosing a web design company in Saudi Arabia and Riyadh. Before appointing any provider, use the questions to ask a web developer to check the proposed responsibilities.
