Construction ERP for the UAE: every dirham on the right project
An ERP for UAE contractors. Purchases, wages and subcontractor bills land on the right project, progress claims and retention are tracked without spreadsheets, and site crews are paid through WPS. AED 99 per user per month.
AED 99 per user per month. One-time setup from AED 2,999, done by our team in Dubai. Live within two weeks, or the setup fee back.
AED 99
per user, per month
2 weeks
typical time to go live
VAT 5%
reverse charge handled
AR / EN
documents and screens
The site is not the problem. The spreadsheet after the site is.
Most UAE contractors learn a project's margin months after it closed.
Today, in most UAE companies
- Costs in one spreadsheet per project, updated when someone has time
- Subcontractor bills and retention tracked in email threads
- Progress claims retyped from the QS sheet into the invoice
- Crew payroll in a third system, the WPS file built by hand
With Xrero
- Every purchase, wage and subcontractor bill posts to its project the day it happens
- Retention held and released per contract, visible on one screen
- The approved progress claim becomes the tax invoice in one step
- Timesheets from site become the payroll run and the WPS SIF file
What you get on day one
A contracting system, not a general ledger with a project column.
Project costing
Budget against actual per project and per cost head: materials, labour, subcontractors, equipment and overheads, with margin live.
Progress invoicing
Approved progress claims with cumulative and this-period columns, advances recovered and VAT applied correctly.
Retention
Retention held per contract and per certificate, with release dates and the retention invoice generated when it falls due.
Subcontractors
Subcontractor contracts, bills, back charges and payment certificates tied to the project that carries them.
Site crews and WPS payroll
Timesheets from site feed the payroll run; overtime and site allowances apply; the WPS SIF file goes to the bank.
Materials and stores
Purchase requests from site, LPOs, deliveries to the project store and consumption booked against the job.
Contracting VAT
Reverse charge, designated-zone supplies and advance payments handled in the ledger; the VAT 201 figures come from posted entries.
Reports the owner reads
Margin by project, cash by project, retention outstanding and approved-but-unpaid claims, on a phone.
How UAE contracting works in the system
The habits of a UAE site are the defaults, not customisation.
Cost heads the QS recognises
Materials, labour, plant, subcontract and preliminaries as the cost structure, with your own codes.
Advance payments
The advance is recovered across certificates and shown net on each claim, the way main contractors expect.
Back charges
A back charge to a subcontractor reduces the next certificate and is visible on both sides of the ledger.
Variations
Agreed variations raise the contract value and the budget together, with the paper trail kept.
Camps and allowances
Site allowances, overtime and camp deductions carry to payroll and to the payslip in Arabic and English.
Equipment on site
Owned or hired equipment charged to the project by day or hour, so plant cost stops disappearing into overheads.
How the setup goes
We do the implementation ourselves, from the first call to the first month-end.
A 20-minute look
We show a live project, a progress claim and a crew payroll run on numbers close to yours.
We load your projects
Open contracts, budgets, subcontractors and staff are set up by our team; the first claim is checked with you.
You run the next claim on the system
Most contractors run a live project within two weeks, with our Dubai team reachable while the site office settles in.
Pricing, in the open
The same numbers are on our pricing page. No annual maintenance fee, no per-module surprises.
Monthly
AED 99
per user, per month - every module included
- Accounting, invoicing, VAT and corporate tax
- Inventory, purchasing, sales and CRM
- POS, HR and payroll with WPS
- Arabic and English, works on any phone, support from Dubai
One-time setup
AED 2,999
one-time, depending on the size of the business
- Data migration: customers, products, balances, staff
- Configuration for your VAT, banks and documents
- Training on your own numbers
- Live within two weeks, or the setup fee back
15-Day Trial Included. Prices in AED, excluding VAT. Full price list: xrero.com/pricing.
Built for UAE businesses
Xrero is built for trading companies, contractors, restaurants, shops, clinics and service firms across Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Sharjah and the northern emirates.
Questions we get asked
Straight answers, the same ones we give on the phone.
Does it handle progress claims and retention?
Yes. Progress claims carry cumulative and current-period amounts, advances are recovered per certificate, and retention is held and released per contract with its own invoice when due.
Can subcontractor bills be tied to a project?
Yes. Each subcontractor contract, bill, back charge and payment certificate posts to the project that carries it, so project margin includes them the same day.
Does it do WPS payroll for site labour?
Yes. Site timesheets feed the payroll run with overtime and allowances, and the WPS SIF file for the bank is generated from the approved run.
How is contracting VAT handled?
Reverse charge, designated-zone supplies and advance payments post correctly in the ledger, and the VAT 201 figures come from the entries you already posted.
Can I see margin per project?
Yes. Budget against actual per project and per cost head, with margin and cash by project on a phone.
Does it work in Arabic?
Every screen, claim, certificate and payslip can be Arabic, English or both.
Can we migrate open projects?
Yes. Contracts, budgets, approved-to-date amounts and retention balances are loaded as part of the setup.
What does it cost?
AED 99 per user per month, and a one-time setup from AED 2,999 depending on the size of the business. No annual maintenance fee, 15-Day Trial Included, and the full price list is public on the pricing page.
See your own project on the screen
Twenty minutes on WhatsApp or a call. Bring one contract and we show the costing, the claim and the payroll it produces.
Talk to us on WhatsAppPage updated 8 September 2026.