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Start a software publishing and SaaS business in the UAE.Licensed in UAE free zones · fully remote · priced line by line

Publishing ready-made software and software-as-a-service products sold or licensed to many customers. In the UAE this business is licensed under official activity names that differ from one free zone to the next. Verified Setups works from those official records, so you can see the exact activities behind a software publishing and SaaS business, the free zones that license them, and your own setup priced line by line before you commit to anything.

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AED 4,888*

The licence behind it.

These are the official licensed activities our engine maps to software publishing & saas: the exact names the authorities use, and every zone writes its own list in its own words. Our engine recognises them as one business, so your setup is built on the real activity behind it, not a guess. Where a zone’s own record notes an authority approval for an activity, it’s shown beside that zone: the licence is priced now, and an approval’s fee is scoped with you when it applies.

Software publishingAjman NuVentures Centre · SPC Free Zone · Ajman Free Zone · Shams approval: National Media Authority · Innovation City · Dubai South · Meydan Free Zone
Publishing Of Ready-Made (Non-Customized) SoftwareInnovation City · Dubai South · Meydan Free Zone
Publishing of ready-made (non-customized) software: • Operating systems • Business and other applications • Computer games for all platformsSPC Free Zone · Shams approval: Media Regulatory Office (MRO)

Where it’s licensed.

Free zones on our platform whose official activity lists cover this business, with each zone’s own licence-only starting price.

Ajman NuVentures CentreAjmanSetups from AED 4,888* SPC Free ZoneSharjahSetups from AED 4,999* Ajman Free ZoneAjmanSetups from AED 5,565* ShamsSharjahSetups from AED 5,760* Innovation CityRas Al KhaimahSetups from AED 6,600* Dubai SouthDubaiSetups from AED 12,500* Meydan Free ZoneDubaiSetups from AED 12,500*

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