Where these numbers come from
No UAE authority publishes statistics on video production prices. Every market range below comes from price lists that studios publish on their own sites, or from pricing guides written by production agencies. Treat them as the asking prices of the companies that bothered to put numbers online, not as an audited average. We link each figure to the page it came from, checked on 13 October 2026.
We are a production agency too, so our own prices sit in a separate column and carry our name. You can compare them with the market and decide for yourself.
What a videographer costs by the hour and by the day
The cheapest way to buy video in Dubai is to hire a videographer for shooting time and handle the rest yourself. videography.ae's 2026 guide puts the market at:
| Format | Market range | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Shoot only, per hour | AED 200–800 | videography.ae |
| Half day (up to 5 hours) | AED 1,800–3,000 | videography.ae |
| Full day, solo senior shooter | AED 2,500–5,000 | videography.ae |
| Extra hour, video | AED 350–500 | Shoot Empire |
Two published price lists show how the day rate grows with the crew. Studio502 charges AED 2,000 for a solo day, AED 4,500 with a team for light and sound, and AED 8,000 for multi-camera with a director. Its extra hour costs AED 350, drone adds AED 1,500 and a same-day edit adds AED 2,000. videography.ae's packages start at AED 3,000 for half a day and AED 4,400 for a full day.
Editing is where quotes stop being comparable. We found no separate hourly price lists for editing in Dubai. Most videographers fold the edit into the package, so ask what "edit included" means: how many cuts, how many revision rounds, which formats.
Prices by type of video
| Type of video | Market range | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Corporate film, 1–3 min | AED 6,000–18,000 | Media Partners |
| Corporate film, 2–5 min | AED 10,000–50,000 | Action Filmz |
| Corporate video, widest range | AED 5,000–50,000+ | People Perfect Media |
| Corporate, 3 min (price list) | from AED 6,000 | videography.ae packages |
| Real estate walkthrough | AED 2,500–5,500 | People Perfect Media |
| Real estate video, per unit | AED 1,000–3,500 | videography.ae |
| Event video, day + highlight | AED 1,800–6,000 | videography.ae |
| Reels content day | AED 2,000–7,000 | videography.ae |
| Agency production shoot | from AED 15,000 | videography.ae |
| TV commercial | AED 50,000–500,000+ | Action Filmz |
Corporate video
The three corporate ranges overlap but don't match. Media Partners stops at AED 18,000 for up to 3 minutes. People Perfect starts lower, at AED 5,000, and runs past AED 50,000. The low end usually means one shooter, one location and a simple edit. The top end means a scripted film with a director, several days and motion graphics. When two quotes for "a 2-minute company video" differ by a factor of five, they describe different films.
Real estate
Two sources, two ways of counting: People Perfect prices a walkthrough at AED 2,500–5,500, videography.ae prices AED 1,000–3,500 per unit. Real estate ads have their own legal step: every listing post needs a Trakheesi permit. See our guide to real estate advertising rules in Dubai and our real estate video service.
Reels and short-form
A content day that produces a batch of reels sits at AED 2,000–7,000. Monthly subscriptions apply the same logic on a schedule: fixed shooting days, a fixed number of reels.
Budget lines people forget
A day rate covers the crew. A commercial shoot in Dubai often needs more.
The filming permit
Dubai Film and TV Commission (DFTC) issues media filming permits across the emirate, including free zones and DIFC. The processing fee is AED 520 per application, non-refundable. The current DFTC (now the Dubai Films and Games Commission) table, as reported by Khaleej Times, adds AED 2,500 for a government location, valid for up to 7, 14 or 30 days depending on the project type. The sources disagree on advertising: the DFTC table gives 30 days, while Resolution 50/2014 itself says up to 3 days, so confirm the period on your application. A private venue open to the public, such as a mall or hotel, may not charge more than AED 25,000 a day.
Filming without a permit or without script approval can cost AED 10,000, then AED 40,000 on a repeat under Cabinet Resolution 42/2025, the penalty table enforced by the National Media Authority (NMA, formerly UAE Media Council). Our filming permit guide covers the steps.
Studio, drone, locations and talent
| Add-on | Market price | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Photo/video studio | AED 200–600 per hour | SL Studio |
| Studio360 | AED 400/hour, AED 1,300 for 4 hours | Studio360 |
| Creators HQ studio | from AED 1,500 per day (data from 02.2025) | The National |
| Drone session | from AED 1,500 | dronevideographer.ae |
| Drone, marketplace average | about AED 900 (range 370–3,350) | GigHeaven |
| Yacht for a shoot | AED 2,100–16,600 per hour, 2–3 hour minimum | gCar |
| Supercar | Huracán about AED 1,100/hour (2 h min); AED 1,500–3,099 per day | Elite Wheels, First Supercar Rental |
| Model, full day (12 h) | AED 1,800, plus AED 1,500 usage | MMG Talent |
| Model, half day | AED 1,200 | MMG Talent |
| Talent overtime | AED 250 per hour | Five25 |
The talent example comes from one casting call in February 2026. Notice the usage fee: the right to use a model's face in ads is a separate line, and it often costs as much as the shooting day.
Drone flights also carry their own paperwork with GCAA or Dubai's DCAA. We cover it in drone filming rules in Dubai.
We found no reliable market price for renting a penthouse or villa as a location, so we left it out.
Three sample budgets
These combine the ranges above. They are arithmetic on published prices, not quotes.
- Reels for a café, one day. A content day at AED 2,000–7,000, shot inside your own venue. Ask whether your shoot needs a DFTC permit before you book; our permit guide explains who issues it.
- 2-minute corporate film. AED 6,000–18,000 for production, plus AED 520 and AED 2,500 if you shoot exteriors in a public location.
- Lifestyle ad with a yacht and a model. Two hours of yacht from AED 4,200, a model's half day at AED 1,200 plus usage, a full-day crew from AED 4,500, and the permit.
What Savage Media charges
These are our own prices, published on our video production page.
| Savage Media | Special offer | What you get |
|---|---|---|
| One-off video shoot | from AED 950 | Video delivered from 2 days; photos from 24 hours |
| Savage Story | AED 3,500 first month, then AED 4,500/month | 2 shooting days, 8 reels and 15 photos every month |
| Savage Full | AED 9,900/month | Production, content and sales automation in one studio |
We set the subscription up for businesses that need a steady flow of short video rather than one film. If you need posting and ads on top, see what SMM costs in Dubai.
How to compare two quotes
- Ask how many finished videos you get, in which formats (9:16, 16:9) and lengths.
- Ask how many revision rounds the price includes.
- Check whether the permit, studio, talent and music are in the quote or billed separately.
- Ask who owns the footage and whether you get raw files.
- Ask for the delivery date in days after the shoot.
A cheap day rate with a slow, separately billed edit can end up costing more than a package. Music needs its own line too: the right to use a track inside a video (sync) is licensed separately from the public-performance music licence, and Meta's Sound Collection is cleared only for Meta's own surfaces, according to one agency review of the licences.
