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CPC calculator: cost per click
CPC is ad spend ÷ clicks: the average price of one visit from your ads. AED 10,000 for 4,000 clicks is a CPC of AED 2.50.
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Your CPC
Cost per click (CPC)
AED 2.50
AED 10,000.00 ÷ 4,000 = AED 2.50
Within the rough Meta range. Your CPC of AED 2.50 compares with a rough AED 1.5–4 for Meta. On social platforms CPC = CPM ÷ (1,000 × CTR), so better creative that lifts CTR is usually the fastest way to cut it.
- Cost per 1,000 impressions (CPM)
- AED 25.00
- Ad spend ÷ Impressions × 1,000
- Click-through rate (CTR)
- 1%
- Clicks ÷ Impressions × 100
- Cost per acquisition (CPA)
- AED 125
- Ad spend ÷ Conversions
- Conversion rate
- 2%
- Conversions ÷ Clicks × 100
How this is calculated
- CPC
Ad spend ÷ ClicksWith your numbers: AED 10,000.00 ÷ 4,000 = AED 2.50- CPM
Ad spend ÷ Impressions × 1,000With your numbers: AED 10,000.00 ÷ 400,000 × 1,000 = AED 25.00- CTR
Clicks ÷ Impressions × 100With your numbers: 4,000 ÷ 400,000 = 1%- CPA
Ad spend ÷ ConversionsWith your numbers: AED 10,000.00 ÷ 80 = AED 125- Conversion rate
Conversions ÷ Clicks × 100With your numbers: 80 ÷ 4,000 = 2%- CPC from CPM
CPM ÷ (1,000 × CTR)With your numbers: AED 25.00 ÷ (1,000 × 1%) = AED 2.50- CPA from CPC
CPC ÷ Conversion rateWith your numbers: AED 2.50 ÷ 2% = AED 125
Leave any box blank and the metrics that need it show “—”. Use numbers from the same date range and the same campaigns, or the ratios won’t mean much. Spend excludes VAT and agency fees. Presets are rough UAE planning assumptions, not benchmarks. Costs vary a lot by industry, audience, language and season (Ramadan, Q4 and White Friday push prices up). Replace them with your own account data.
What does a click cost in the UAE?
Rough ranges we use for first-pass planning, shown next to CPM because the two are linked. They are not benchmarks: industry, language and season all move CPC.
| Platform | CPC | CPM |
|---|---|---|
| Meta | AED 1.5–4 | AED 15–35 |
| Google Search | AED 3–12 | AED 150–450 |
| TikTok | AED 1–3.5 | AED 10–25 |
| Snapchat | AED 1.5–4 | AED 8–20 |
| AED 18–40 | AED 100–220 |
- Google Search costs more per click because the person is already searching. Real estate, legal, clinics and finance can cost many times the range.
- LinkedIn clicks are the most expensive, but they reach decision-makers by job title and company.
What sets your CPC: the auction or your ads?
It depends on what the platform sells you. See the CPC glossary entry for the short version.
| Meta, TikTok, Snapchat | Google Search | |
|---|---|---|
| You pay for | Impressions | Clicks |
| CPC is set by | CPM and CTR | Bids and Quality Score |
| Fastest lever | Creative that lifts CTR | Tighter keywords and ads |
CPC from CPM = CPM ÷ (1,000 × CTR)How do you lower your CPC without losing good traffic?
- Lift CTR first. Test hooks, thumbnails and the first line of copy. Doubling CTR halves CPC at the same CPM.
- Tighten keywords on Google. Add negatives, split brand from non-brand, and match ad copy to the search.
- Fix the landing page. Relevance and page experience feed Quality Score, which lowers what you pay on Google.
- Separate Arabic and English. The audiences behave and cost differently; mixed campaigns blur the data.
- Prune placements. Some placements produce cheap accidental clicks. Exclude them if they don’t convert.
Cheap clicks can be expensive
A AED 1 click that never converts costs more than a AED 6 click that does. Judge CPC through CPA, or work back from a revenue goal with our ad budget planner.
FAQ
CPC questions, answered
Link clicks. Meta’s “all clicks” includes likes, profile taps and “see more”, which makes CPC look cheaper than the traffic you actually receive.
On social platforms it is usually CPM rising (more competition or a narrower audience) or CTR falling (creative fatigue). On Google, competitors may be bidding more or your Quality Score may have dropped.
Your max CPC is a ceiling, not the price. Google usually charges only what you need to hold your position, so your actual CPC is often lower.
No. Higher-intent clicks often cost more and still produce a lower cost per acquisition, because more of them convert.
Next step
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