A CMS that answers to the people who use it
An independent CMS for people who write for a living. The newsletter, memberships and store are part of it, so you don't have to bolt them on from other tools.
- Where
- VeloCMS is based in the United Arab Emirates.
- Funding
- Independent. Funded by customers, not investors.
- Languages
- English and Arabic, with full right-to-left support
Why this exists
After enough hours debugging the same problems, the only sane move was to start over.
Every WordPress site we touched in the past few years was broken in some way. Page builders that ship 600KB of JavaScript to render a single hero. Plugin updates that quietly break the block editor. Hosting plans whose "unlimited" tier renders an article in three seconds and wrecks your Core Web Vitals.
VeloCMS is independent. Customers fund it, not investors, so the roadmap answers to them instead of a board. In practice that means prices that don't jump after a funding round, a stack chosen for how cheaply it runs, and a support inbox that reaches the people who write the code. Publishing on the web in 2026 shouldn't need a security mailing list and a $40 a month managed host. This is our attempt to prove it.
What we believe
Your audience belongs to you.
You can export your posts, media and subscriber list whenever you want. If you leave, your content and your readers leave with you.
Writers should keep what they earn.
We take no fee on your sales or subscriptions. You pay Stripe's processing fee and nothing on top.
One tool should be enough.
The newsletter, memberships, a store and SEO tools are part of the product, so you aren't stitching five subscriptions together.
AI should help, not take over.
The editor can help you write and edit, and you can connect your own AI key if you prefer.
Leadership
The people building VeloCMS.
Khalid Roumieh
CEO & Co-Founder
United Arab Emirates
Building the AI-first CMS that replaces WordPress and a dozen plugins — native page builder, e-commerce, newsletters, memberships and AI SEO in one platform.
Previously co-founded and led Tech.Tracer, blockchain traceability for supply chains, and served as CEO of Fresh N Fine. He holds master's degrees in Information Technology Management and International Business from the University of Wollongong in Dubai.
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Get in touch
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