Enterprise Support for
KitOps & ModelPack

Production-ready support
from the creators and maintainers
of the industry's leading open source
AI/ML packaging standards

Projects we support

KitOps

CNCF Project | The Enterprise ModelPack Implementation

KitOps is built on the ModelPack standard and represents its most successful implementation with over 150,000+ downloads—making it the most downloaded ModelPack-compliant solution. KitOps is currently the only ModelPack implementation deployed in enterprise production environments.

ModelPack Specification

CNCF Project | Vendor-Neutral Standard

The vendor-neutral specification for AI/ML artifact packaging, created by Jozu in collaboration with Red Hat, PayPal, ANTGroup, and ByteDance. ModelPack defines the industry standard specification for how AI/ML artifacts should be packaged, versioned, and distributed.

From the Team that wrote the standards

Jozu is the creator and primary maintainer of the ModelPack
specification and KitOps—the most widely adopted build of the
ModelPack standard. Both open source projects provide powerful
capabilities, and are being adopted by enterprise teams.

To support enterprise use cases, Jozu offers professional support,
guaranteed SLAs, and expert guidance to ensure success at scale.

Why Enterprises Adopt KitOps:
The Standard for Security & Integration

While anyone can implement the ModelPack specification,
KitOps provides critical enterprise capabilities that go beyond the base standard:

Standards Compliance + More

  • Full ModelPack specification compliance
  • Additional enterprise security features
  • Production-hardened performance optimizations
  • Enterprise integration capabilities

Market Leadership

  • The most downloaded ModelPack implementation
  • The only ModelPack build in production use
  • 150,000 users accelerating quarter over quarter
  • The most mature implementation with years of development

Enterprise CI/CD Integration

Modern AI/ML workflows demand more than just standards compliance—they need enterprise-grade features, automation, security, and reliability. Our enterprise support for KitOps ensures your CI/CD pipelines leverage both the ModelPack standard and KitOps's enterprise enhancements.

Accelerated Deployment

Get your models from development to production 10x faster with KitOps's enterprise features: optimized CI/CD templates, automated workflows, and expert guidance on pipeline integration.

Security & Operations

KitOps adds enterprise security and operations features not in the base ModelPack spec: SHA verification, remote manifest inspection, cache management, diffs, and registry login / logout..

Production Ready Pipelines

Pre-built integrations for Jenkins, GitLab CI, GitHub Actions, OpenShift Pipelines, Dagger and more as well as 25+ other integrations with enterprise tools and platforms.

Support from the Inventors

Direct access to the engineers who created both ModelPack and KitOps. We know the standard inside-out because we wrote it, and we know the enterprise features because we built them.

Enterprise Optimizations

KitOps includes performance optimizations for large-scale deployments that go beyond the ModelPack specification requirements.

Migration Services

Seamlessly migrate from proprietary MLOps tools to the open ModelPack standard.

Support Plans for Every Stage

Choose the support level that matches your organization's needs.

All plans include support for both the ModelPack standard and KitOps's enterprise features.

Professional

  • Business hours support (9-5 EST)
  • 48-hour response SLA
  • Email & ticket support
  • Security patches & updates
  • KitOps enterprise features support
POPULAR

Enterprise

Everything in Professional plus...

  • 24/7 priority support
  • 4-hour response SLA
  • Hot fixes & emergency patches
  • Dedicated Slack channel
  • Quarterly health checks
  • Governance Maturity Report
  • Model Risk Audit
  • Production Readiness Review

Enterprise Plus

Everything in Enterprise plus...

  • Dedicated support engineer
  • 1-hour response SLA
  • Direct phone support
  • 5 named contacts
  • Monthly health checks
  • Quarterly architecture reviews
  • Influence on KitOps roadmap

Remote or on-site training on the ModelPack standard and all KitOps features and integrations can be added to any support plan.

What Our Enterprise Customers Say

Join Fortune 500 companies, government agencies, and leading technology organizations
who trust KitOps—the only ModelPack implementation in production use.

We're building a vendor-agnostic MLOps platform and KitOps ModelKits align perfectly with that vision. They work wherever our containers do - on-prem or in the cloud - giving us the freedom to store and deploy ML artifacts without being tied to a specific infrastructure.

External, Lead Machine Learning Platform Engineer MLOps
DSV

As we have an open source first policy we are forced to go with tools like MLflow. But I really don’t like their 'opinionated' approach to how practitioners should log artifacts. I like the idea of using existing best practices in the MLOps space.

Head of MLOps Engineering
Bundesdruckerei

WHY JOZU

We Created Both
Standards and Implementation

We authored the ModelPack specification and built KitOps as its reference implementation. No one knows these technologies better than we do.

Market Leadership
by the Numbers

Jozu is installed completely behind your firewall, and uses your existing registries, RBAC, and authentication systems. Data never leaves your environment, and it works in air-gapped environments.

True Enterprise Experience

While others are still building basic ModelPack compliance, we've been running KitOps in enterprise production for years, continuously adding features based on real-world needs.

CNCF Governance

Both ModelPack and KitOps are part of the Cloud Native Computing Foundation, ensuring vendor neutrality and long-term sustainability. You get open standards plus enterprise features.

Tailored Support Plans

Every company is unique. To ensure that KitOps and ModelPack are well supported we've created three unique support tiers designed to work with the level of scale your organization requires.

The Clear Choice: KitOps for Enterprise AI/ML

Decision Factor Why KitOps Matters
Standards Compliance
Fully ModelPack compliant
Production Readiness
Only implementation in production
Market Adoption
150,000+ downloads
Enterprise Features
Extensive capabilities beyond spec
Professional Support
From the creators
Future-Proof
CNCF governed

Contact Us

Ready to deploy the only production-proven ModelPack implementation with enterprise support from its creators?

About Jozu

Jozu is the creator of both the ModelPack specification and KitOps—the only enterprise-ready implementation of the ModelPack standard. We provide security-conscious organizations with AI/ML lifecycle tooling that ensures AI projects move efficiently from development to production—without compromising compliance, security, or operational agility.

With deep expertise from organizations like AWS, Red Hat, and Docker, the Jozu team understands the discipline needed to operate mission-critical AI applications at enterprise scale. We're proud to have created both the standard (ModelPack) and the leading implementation (KitOps) that are transforming how enterprises deploy AI/ML.

FAQS
How does Jozu Hub leverage the CNCF KitOps standard for model packaging?

Jozu Hub is built around KitOps, the open source packaging and versioning system that Jozu created and contributed to the CNCF in February 2025. When models are imported to Jozu Hub, they're packaged as ModelKits, giving Jozu customers tamper-proof storage, signed artifacts, security scanning, and audit trails while maintaining compatibility with the broader cloud-native ecosystem. Jozu’s KitOps integration means organizations get the security and governance features they need for production AI without vendor lock-in.


What is a ModelKit and how does it relate to the CNCF ModelPack specification?

ModelKit is a declarative package format that bundles model weights, datasets, codebases, documentation, prompts, and configuration into a single versioned, tamper-proof artifact. ModelKits work with any ML or AI project type. The ModelKit format was introduced by KitOps and, in turn, directly inspired the CNCF’s ModelPack specification that Jozu co-authored. The ModelPack specification was accepted into CNCF as an industry standard for packaging AI/ML projects. KitOps remains the first and only enterprise implementation of the CNCF’s ModelPack specification. Using ModelKits ensures your packages align with vendor-neutral, community-driven specifications.


Why did Jozu choose to build on CNCF open standards instead of proprietary formats?

Jozu built on CNCF open standards because proprietary solutions lock organizations into vendor ecosystems and create long-term technical debt. By aligning with OCI and CNCF standards, KitOps offers several advantages: it packages work with existing container infrastructure so organizations benefit from continuous community-driven innovation, and teams can integrate with any tool that accepts standard container types. This open source MLOps approach means you're not dependent on any single vendor's roadmap. The ModelPack specification has participation from major players like Red Hat, PayPal, and others - ensuring the standard evolves based on global enterprise needs rather than one company's business interests.