CockroachDB's recent release, version 22.1, introduces an enhanced method for exporting data through the use of changefeeds, addressing limitations faced by the traditional EXPORT command, particularly at large data scales. While EXPORT commands are useful for moving, migrating, archiving, and seeding data, they encounter scalability and observability challenges when handling terabytes of data. In contrast, changefeeds offer a robust solution by allowing continuous or snapshot-based streaming of row-level changes to various configurable sinks such as Kafka, Google Cloud Pub/Sub, or cloud storage, using formats like JSON or Avro. This method leverages parallel processing, enhanced observability, and checkpointing to scale organically, providing a more versatile and scalable alternative to EXPORTs, especially for enterprise users dealing with large datasets. Although changefeeds have not yet achieved full feature parity with EXPORTs, they present a growing range of configuration and integration options, making them an attractive choice for high-scale data operations.