Saudi Arabia
Planned for Saudi Arabia: Qwen, DeepSeek and Seedance by API.
GotoRamp plans to offer API access to Chinese text models and Seedance video in Saudi Arabia after it registers for VAT as a non-resident supplier; Saudi accounts are not open yet.
Saudi Arabia is not open yet. We open accounts and accept API requests from Saudi Arabia only after GotoRamp LLC is registered for VAT as a non-resident supplier. Add your company to the waitlist through the contact form and we'll write when Saudi Arabia opens.
At a glance
Saudi Arabia, at a glance.
Support hours below are in Riyadh time. Our support days follow our own UTC+8 business calendar, so check how they overlap with your working week.
- StatusPlanned Not open yet.
- PendingVAT registration as a non-resident supplier.
- ModelsText: Qwen, DeepSeek, Kimi, GLM, Doubao Seed. Video: Seedance. All opening with early access.
- BillingPrepaid balance in US dollars; per token for text and per second of returned video. No monthly minimum.
- InvoicesIssued by GotoRamp LLC in USD. Where GotoRamp LLC is registered for tax in your country, we add it to the invoice.
- Data protection lawPersonal Data Protection Law (PDPL).
- Support hours4:00–13:00 Riyadh time (UTC+3) on business days.
- Support languagesEnglish and Mandarin.
Use cases
What teams in Saudi Arabia plan to build with it.
Arabic comes first in most of these, with English and Chinese for suppliers and international buyers.
Arabic-first service for online retail
Stores in Riyadh, Jeddah and Dammam draft replies in Arabic to customers writing in their own dialect, with English as a second option and staff approving returns and complaints.
Tender packs and procurement
Engineering and construction firms summarize long Arabic and English tender documents with Kimi's long-context models, and translate supplier quotes that arrive in Chinese.
Tourism and hospitality clips
Hotels and tour operators around AlUla and along the Red Sea coast turn their own photography into short clips for social channels, with a human check against local publishing rules.
Developer tools for Arabic apps
App teams build agents and internal tools on GLM or DeepSeek, keeping one key and spend limit per feature and handling right-to-left layout in their own interface.
Language notes
Dialect, script direction and dates.
Customers write in Najdi, Hijazi and Gulf dialects, while formal documents use Modern Standard Arabic. A model can understand a dialect well and still answer in standard Arabic, so decide which you want and test for it. English stays in daily use for contracts, engineering and international staff.
Check the details that break quietly: Hijri and Gregorian dates, Arabic-Indic versus Western digits, and mixed right-to-left text with product codes. Our language testing guide is written for Southeast Asia, and the same method applies to Arabic.
- Arabic dialectsCustomer chat and social media.
- Modern Standard ArabicContracts, tenders, public content.
- EnglishEngineering, finance and international teams.
- ChineseSupplier quotes and specifications.
Compliance notes
Opening conditions and data handling.
Full detail lives in the Privacy Notice and the Acceptable Use Policy.
- Before openingVAT registration as a non-resident supplier comes first. We open a country only when we can invoice tax correctly there.
- Model providerPrompts, files and settings go to the model provider to generate output; processing locations are listed in the Privacy Notice before accounts open, for your PDPL review.
- Training and retentionWe don't train models on your data. Videos are downloadable for 24 hours; prompts and references are deleted after 30 days unless needed for an abuse investigation.
- Content and labelsFollow local law where you publish, including on religion and public order, and keep AI labels on published video.
FAQ
Saudi Arabia FAQ.
- Can Saudi businesses open a GotoRamp account now?
- No. Saudi Arabia is planned, and accounts open only after GotoRamp LLC's VAT registration as a non-resident supplier.
- Why is GotoRamp waiting on VAT registration?
- We open a country only once we can invoice tax correctly there. For Saudi Arabia, that means registering for VAT as a non-resident supplier first.
- Which Saudi data protection law should our team review?
- The Personal Data Protection Law (PDPL). Our Privacy Notice will list processing locations and subprocessors before accounts open.
- Does GotoRamp offer support in Arabic?
- No. Support is in English and Mandarin, with replies within one business day.
- What hours will support cover in Riyadh?
- 4:00–13:00 Riyadh time on business days. Support runs 9:00–18:00 UTC+8, so questions sent early in your day reach the team while it is working.
Start with a small balance. Scale when it works.
We're onboarding early-access accounts in small batches. Tell us what you're building; we reply within one business day.