Research peptide pricing in the GCC: comparing like with like

Price is the easiest number to compare and the easiest to compare wrongly. Two listings that look alike can differ in the amount of material, the format, what the certificate covers, the currency and, above all, the cost of getting the parcel to you. This guide explains how to compare like with like, and why the price observations on this site are always dated, labelled and never ranked.

1. Compare amounts, not vials

Vial sizes vary between suppliers and between products. A 50 mg vial and a 100 mg vial of the same compound are different products. Where we show a per-unit figure, such as AED per mg, it is only alongside the amount and format it was calculated from. A per-mg figure for a small vial is not directly comparable with one for a large vial, because suppliers rarely price linearly.

Also remember that labelled amount and measured content differ. Certificates in our directory report measured content both below and above the label, for example 9.72 mg in a 10 mg vial and 109.58 mg in a 100 mg vial.

2. Keep formats separate

A pre-filled pen, a nasal spray and a sealed vial with the same milligram label are different products with different handling costs. Our price tables never mix formats in the same comparison.

3. Price in what the certificate covers

A batch library with verification links at the laboratory, a certificate on request, and a certificate that also reports endotoxin and sterility results are different levels of documentation. They may reasonably carry different prices. Compare the documentation you get, not just the number.

4. Add the delivery terms

Cross-border delivery changes the real price far more than small differences in listed price. These are the published GCC terms we captured on 14 October 2026:

• SHLabz: AED 60 to Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman and Jordan, free over AED 2,500. In the UAE, AED 15, free over AED 350.
• Dubai Peptides: GCC fees calculated at checkout by destination and weight. In the UAE, AED 25 under AED 500, free above.

On a small cross-border order, a fixed fee such as AED 60 can be a large share of the total. On a large order the thresholds matter more. Note also that the cross-border policies we captured from SHLabz and Dubai Peptides put customs duties and taxes on the recipient. These are a further cost that no listed price includes.

5. Watch the currency conversion

Five of the six GCC currencies are pegged to the US dollar. The Kuwaiti dinar is managed against a basket of currencies. Pegs keep conversion stable, but a store that shows prices in several currencies sets its own conversion. This site shows prices in the currency the supplier lists and does not convert them, because we do not run a live exchange-rate service.

6. Prices are dated, and expire

Every price observation on this site records the date we saw it and links to the listing. Observations older than 30 days are withheld from public pages until we re-check them, and a “sale” price is only recorded as the price listed on that day. We do not reproduce strike-through “was” prices, because we cannot confirm them as earlier selling prices.