CMS Max
Managed website and eCommerce platform combining content, commerce, forms, SEO, AI-assist
CMS Max is a managed website and eCommerce platform founded in 2013 in Rochester, New York by Sam Pizzo. It brings content management, product catalogs, checkout, forms, SEO tooling, AI-assisted content tasks, plugins, POS integrations, APIs, webhooks, and MCP tools into a single system, addressing the gap between a public website and the operational systems behind it. The application is built on Laravel, Livewire, and Tailwind CSS and deployed on Laravel Cloud.
Core modules include a website and content builder, eCommerce operations, Maxforms for branded form workflows, SEO Max for metadata and on-page work, and a plugin ecosystem covering payments, tax, shipping, marketing, accessibility, communications, analytics, and product feeds. Developers can extend workflows through authenticated APIs, event-driven webhooks, shortcodes, and tenant-scoped MCP tools. The admin organizes features into role-friendly sections for marketing, commerce, operations, and technical teams.
CMS Max serves retail and eCommerce businesses, agencies building client websites, POS providers, and organizations delivering content and services at scale. It is offered as a managed platform with four plans.
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