# Exporting data from a Neptune DB cluster
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Neptune provides several ways to export data from your DB cluster, depending on the data model, format, and scale of export you need.

**[Native export to Amazon S3](neptune-native-export.md)**  
Use the built-in Neptune export API to export RDF data directly to Amazon S3 in N-Triples or N-Quads format. This is the simplest approach for large-scale RDF exports because it requires no external infrastructure.

**[Exporting query results to Amazon S3](exporting-gremlin.md)**  
Export the results of a Gremlin traversal directly to Amazon S3 using the `call()` step. Use this when you need to export query results that are too large to return as a response, or when you want to store Gremlin query output for downstream processing.

**[External `neptune-export` tool](neptune-export.md)**  
Use the open-source [`neptune-export`](https://github.com/aws/neptune-export) tool – a separate application from Neptune that you deploy and operate yourself – to export property graph or RDF data in CSV and other formats. Can be run as a managed service (Neptune-Export service) or as a command-line tool. Use this when you need CSV output or formats not yet supported by native export.

For small amounts of data, you can also simply use the results of a query. For RDF data, the [Graph Store Protocol (GSP)](sparql-graph-store-protocol.md) provides a simple way to export individual named graphs.

**Topics**
+ [Native export for RDF data](neptune-native-export.md)
+ [Exporting Gremlin query results to Amazon S3](exporting-gremlin.md)
+ [External `neptune-export` tool](neptune-export.md)