When a client puts the two islands side by side, the Al Reem column comes in lower, and the next question is reflexive: "What's the catch?" We understand the instinct — a lower price usually signals a lower spec. Here it doesn't, and the reason is structural.

It's supply, not standard

Al Maryah is a small, premium, fully-developed core; space rarely comes free and the price reflects scarcity. Al Reem changed the supply picture in one move — the 2023 expansion added around 500,000 sqm of office space, much of it newly built. When a large volume of modern stock arrives at once, landlords compete and rents soften. You pay less because there is more space, not because the address is worth less.

The numbers

Market listings on Al Maryah commonly put dedicated workstations around AED 3,500–4,000 a month, with private-office workstations higher still. Here's the like-for-like:

Dedicated desk: about AED 3,500/month on Al Maryah; AED 1,200/month with us on Al Reem.
Day pass: AED 150+ in the core; AED 100/day with us.
Private office: from roughly AED 5,000/month on Al Maryah; competitively quoted on Al Reem.

Same compliant ADGM address, a real workspace — for roughly a third of the price.

You usually need less space than you think

Most firms aren't choosing between two whole-floor leases; they're deciding how much they genuinely need on day one. A dedicated desk satisfies ADGM's minimum office requirement for a non-regulated operating company or tech startup, comes with a registered address, and carries visas. Only FSRA-regulated firms and larger or privacy-sensitive teams genuinely need a private office from the outset.

The same address, a smaller bill

The saving doesn't buy a lesser address. An Al Reem registered office meets the ADGM requirement exactly as an Al Maryah one does — you're trimming the real estate cost, not the standing, to the tune of about AED 27,600 a year on a desk.

For context: how ADGM office costs break down, the wider Al Reem vs Al Maryah comparison, and the cheapest way to get an ADGM address.