Cost guide
Virtual staging cost in the United Arab Emirates (2026)
Short answer
Self-serve tools charge from about AED 9.79 a photo, and done-for-you services about AED 58.72 to AED 88.08 a photo, both converted from international US-dollar rates: no Dubai studio we surveyed publishes its own per-image AED price. ProperPics charges AED 155 for the whole listing.
On a listing of three rooms or more, that is lower than every done-for-you service we surveyed that publishes a per-photo price. Prices checked 18 October 2026.
One price per listing, no subscription. Photos usually back within 24 hours.

What each service charges
Read from each provider's own public pricing page on 18 October 2026.
| Service | Price | Pricing model | Advertised turnaround | Who does the work | Based in |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ProperPics (that's us) | AED 155 per listing (about AED 15.50 per staged room on a 10-room home) | Per listing | Usually within 24 hours | Done for you | South Africa |
| GVG Design | AED 200 to 400 per property, not per image | Per property | Not advertised | Done for you | United Arab Emirates |
| BoxBrownie | US$24 a photo (about AED 88.08) | Per photo | 48 hours | Done for you | Australia |
| Styldod | US$16 to US$23 a photo (about AED 58.72 to AED 84.41) | Per photo | 24 to 48 hours | Done for you | United States |
| Virtual Staging AI | US$16 a month for 6 photos (about AED 9.79 a photo) | Subscription | Renders in under a minute | You do it (self-serve tool) | United States |
A 10-room listing at the lowest done-for-you per-photo price above (10 photos at AED 58.72) comes to AED 587.20. ProperPics stages it for AED 155, with enhancement and the description included: the lowest-priced done-for-you virtual staging of the providers we surveyed that publish a per-photo price, as at 18 October 2026.
What a whole listing costs
Our price is flat (AED 155 at every size), so the saving grows with every room. Other totals are worked out from each published per-photo price (one staged room is one photo, volume rates where they apply), not advertised packages. Prices as read on 18 October 2026.
| Listing size | ProperPics | Ours per finished photo | Lowest elsewhere | Highest elsewhere |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 room staged | AED 155 | AED 155 | AED 84.41 (Styldod) | AED 88.08 (BoxBrownie) |
| 3 rooms staged | AED 155 | AED 52 | AED 253.23 (Styldod) | AED 264.24 (BoxBrownie) |
| 5 rooms staged | AED 155 | AED 31 | AED 422.05 (Styldod) | AED 440.40 (BoxBrownie) |
| 8 rooms staged | AED 155 | AED 19 | AED 469.76 (Styldod) | AED 704.64 (BoxBrownie) |
| 10 rooms staged | AED 155 | AED 16 | AED 587.20 (Styldod) | AED 880.80 (BoxBrownie) |
| 15 rooms staged | AED 155 | AED 10 | AED 880.80 (Styldod) | AED 1,321.20 (BoxBrownie) |
From three rooms up we are lower than every done-for-you service we surveyed that publishes a per-photo price, and the gap keeps widening. The first row is here for the same reason as the rest: it is what the arithmetic says.
Compared with staging the house for real
Physical staging hires and installs real furniture. No UAE physical-staging company with a published price was captured in this survey; the figure below is our own.
| Service | Published price | What that covers | Based in |
|---|---|---|---|
| ProperPics (that's us) | AED 155 for the whole listing | Every suitable room staged in the photographs, usually within 24 hours. Nothing to hire, deliver, insure or take away, and it works on a home that is still occupied. | South Africa |
Physical staging furnishes the house a buyer walks into; virtual staging changes the photographs that get them to the viewing. Every staged image we deliver comes with a visible disclosure mark, on by default.
What we include that others bill for
Each figure is from that provider's own published price list, read on 18 October 2026.
| Extra | Charged elsewhere | With ProperPics |
|---|---|---|
| Decluttering / item removal before staging | BoxBrownie bills item removal separately at US$8 an image (about AED 29.36) | Included |
| Day-to-dusk exterior | BoxBrownie sells it separately at US$4 an image (about AED 14.68) | Up to 3 included, where your photos suit it |
| Photo enhancement | BoxBrownie bills image enhancement at US$1.60 an image (about AED 5.87) | Included wherever a photo needs it |
| Written property description | BoxBrownie bills copywriting separately at US$28 for up to 150 words (about AED 102.76) | Written and included |
The three ways to stage a listing
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Self-serve staging tools
From about AED 9.79 a photo. Renders in seconds; you choose the furniture, check every result and handle the disclosure yourself.
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Done-for-you virtual staging
You send the photos; a team sends back finished images. No Dubai virtual staging studio we surveyed publishes a per-image AED price: GVG Design prices its Virtual Staging service at AED 200 to 400 per property, not per photo. International services delivered over the internet do publish per-image rates: BoxBrownie and Styldod charge US$16 to US$24 a photo. We return the whole listing for AED 155, usually within 24 hours. If turnaround matters more than price, Styldod's 24 to 48 hours can match ours, and a self-serve tool renders in seconds if you are happy to do the checking yourself.
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Physical staging
Real furniture, hired and installed: the only option that changes the show day itself. No UAE physical-staging company with a published price was captured in this survey.
How we compared
We read each provider's public pricing page on 18 October 2026 and recorded its advertised price for staging one photo and its advertised turnaround. US dollar prices carry an approximate dirhams conversion at AED 3.67 to the dollar, rounded. A range stays a range, and a provider that publishes no price shows as pricing on request. Our per-room figure spreads AED 155 across an illustrative 10-room home: an illustration, not a per-room rate. We keep dated copies of every page we read and re-check the figures roughly every quarter.
Cost questions, answered
Why don't Dubai virtual staging studios publish a per-image price?
Is a self-serve staging tool suitable for a Bayut or Property Finder listing?
Can an international virtual staging service work for a Dubai listing?
How long does virtual staging take for a Dubai listing?
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