09Cost Calculator

In-house marketing team vs. The Digital Blueprint.

This is what you would pay, every month, to build and keep a real marketing department in-house. Not our price. Simulate it below, then compare it to one retainer with The Digital Blueprint.

Read this first None of the numbers on this page are our prices. Every figure is what you would pay to hire, insure and keep this team on your own payroll.

Figures are market estimates based on Dubai salary and employment costs. Actual costs vary by company size and free zone versus mainland.

01Build the team

Which roles would you have to hire?

Every range below is a Dubai market salary, what a senior hire in that seat would ask you for. Tick the ones your business actually needs.

How senior are you hiring Mid market
Low endTop of market

Pick a role above and your in-house cost appears here.

Your cost to build this in-house
Your salary bill
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0 on your payroll
Your hidden costs
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Visas, gratuity, kit, software, leave
Your true cost, per month
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AED 0 a year, out of your budget

This monthly figure is an average. One-time costs, visas and equipment, are spread evenly across the months they cover, so the number stays steady instead of spiking in month one. See exactly how below.

SalariesThe roles you selected, at the level you set
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Visa and residencyAED 7,000 per head, one time, spread over 12 months
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Medical insuranceAED 4,500 per head per year
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End of service gratuity21 days of basic pay per year. Basic taken as 60 percent of package, the usual UAE structure.
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Software and toolsAED 2,000 to 3,000 a month for the whole team, not per person
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EquipmentAED 8,000 per head, one time, spread over 24 months
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Annual leave30 paid days per year. One month of salary for which no work is produced.
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Your true cost, per monthRecurring, for as long as you employ the team
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First year only

Ramp-up. 90 days at roughly 50 percent output while each new hire learns the business. One and a half months of salary across your whole team, paid once, not every month.0
Time to hire. 60 to 90 days per role before anyone starts.No output
02The comparison

Two ways to get the same work done.

Your cost, in-house
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AED 0 per year, on your payroll
The Digital Blueprint
One retainer. The whole department.
Our side carries no figure. Not one number on this page is our price. We quote on your scope, after we understand it.

Every role on the left, covered by senior people already hired, already trained, already working together. For roughly what one senior hire costs.

No visasNo gratuityNo recruitment feesNo equipmentNo software licencesNo notice periodsNo ramp-upNo juniors
03Why us

The same department. Without the payroll.

Everything you just priced is a team you would have to find, hire, sponsor, insure and keep. We are that team, already built and already working together.

Senior only
No juniors. Not one.

Every person on your account has already run this at scale, in this market. Nobody learns on your budget, because there is nobody junior to learn.

Embedded
Your marketing department, not a supplier.

We work inside your business, your channels and your numbers. You get a team in your calendar, not a monthly report from the outside.

Live from week one
The team is already assembled.

No 60 to 90 day search per role. No ramp-up while a room full of new hires learn the business. Work starts in week one because the department already exists.

No employment risk
One line on the P&L.

No visas to sponsor, no gratuity building on the balance sheet, no recruitment fees, no notice periods. Scale it down as easily as you scale it up.

Figures are market estimates based on Dubai salary and employment costs. Actual costs vary by company size and free zone versus mainland.

Start here

Now see what the same work costs with us.

You have the in-house number. Tell us what you are trying to grow and we will come back with the scope, the team on your account, and what it costs. No junior handoffs, no packages you have to grow into.

Let's talk