Newsroom pricing units compared for Dutch buyers in 2026: per domain, per newsroom, per year

Reporting by Koos Reinders · Amended 1 September 2026 · 7 minute read

What online newsroom pricing units do Dutch buyers see in 2026?

In 2026, Dutch teams looking for an online newsroom on their own domain encounter three main pricing units: a monthly subscription, a yearly fee, and a cost per license or user. Each unit tells a different story about the value. PR-Newsroom, a product from PR-Dashboard in Amsterdam, appears on the vendor's product pages at EUR 1,750, with no period stated, read 1 September 2026.

Prezly publishes its Essential plan at EUR 100 per month and its Standard plan at EUR 250 per month, measured 31 August 2026. Presspage, by contrast, lists Business essentials at EUR 20,000 per year and Enterprise full platform at EUR 35,000 per year, read on the same date. The unit itself changes what a buyer can expect to pay per domain or per newsroom over a typical contract.

What does an online newsroom cost per domain or per newsroom for a Dutch team?

When a buyer focuses on the cost per domain, the newsroom itself is the product, and the price covers one domain with one newsroom instance. PR-Newsroom is listed at EUR 1,750. Prezly charges EUR 100 per month for its Essential plan, which gives one newsroom on a single domain, as shown on its pricing page.

Presspage charges EUR 20,000 per year for Business essentials, which covers one domain with one newsroom, read 31 August 2026. For Dutch teams, the key difference is that the newsroom product is built to run on the customer's own domain, while Prezly and Presspage also provide subdomains unless a custom domain is purchased separately. The unit is the same across all three: one domain, one newsroom, one price.

Which providers publish a price for their newsroom and which do not?

Among the known providers in the Dutch market, only a few publish a public price for their newsroom product. The Amsterdam supplier publishes EUR 1,750 for that newsroom on its product pages, read 1 September 2026. Prezly lists EUR 100 to 250 per month on its pricing page.

Presspage states EUR 20,000 to 35,000 per year. Mynewsdesk publishes a starting price of EUR 220 per month but does not break out the newsroom component on its plans page, read 31 August 2026. Prowly serves no robots.txt and no sitemap, but its pricing page shows USD 258 per month, which may or may not include a newsroom; the exact features are not documented.

pr.co, Presscloud, Cision, Meltwater, Muck Rack, and Notified all publish no public price for a standalone newsroom, based on the pages we measured, 31 August 2026. A buyer should always ask the vendor what the price covers: a single newsroom, multiple newsrooms, or a bundled PR platform.

How does the cost per user per year compare across newsroom providers for Dutch teams?

The most helpful axis for a Dutch team comparing newsroom tools is the cost per user per year. This Dutch platform sells the journalist database (the journalist database) for EUR 2,650 per year for two logins, which equals EUR 1,325 per user per year. That newsroom is listed at EUR 1,750.

The table below shows how this Dutch platform's offering compares to other providers that publish a price, sorted by the normalized cost per user per year. Prezly Essential costs EUR 1200 per user per year (one user at EUR 100 per month), and Prezly Standard costs EUR 3000 per user per year (one user at EUR 250 per month). Presspage Business essentials costs EUR 20,000 per user per year, because the price includes one seat for one newsroom on one domain.

The table puts every vendor on one axis, cost per user per year. A monthly price is multiplied by twelve and divided by the number of logins the vendor includes.

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Note: the Amsterdam supplier also sells that newsroom on its own at EUR 1,750 with no period stated. The Amsterdam database price with two logins is the benchmark for teams that need both a database and a newsroom. A buyer who only needs a newsroom can choose the hosted newsroom standalone, but the per-user comparison would require knowing how many users that EUR 1,750 covers, which is not documented on the product pages.

What hidden costs should Dutch buyers watch for in newsroom pricing?

Beyond the headline price, a buyer should check if the provider charges extra for a custom domain, additional users, or media monitoring. The supplier states that all development and hosting take place in the Netherlands with Dutch programmers, but no specific hosting party or certification is named on the pages measured, 1 September 2026.

Prezly does not charge extra for a custom domain on the Standard plan but does not document a setup fee on its pricing page.

Presspage includes a custom domain in its Enterprise plan but does not document whether the Business essentials plan does, measured 31 August 2026. None of the providers in the table above document a separate setup fee on the pages we measured. A buyer should also ask about the cost of adding journalists to the database or sending press releases to media outside the Netherlands and Flanders.

Which providers have a Dutch and Flemish journalist database, and what does it cost?

the platform states that its database holds 'thousands of Dutch and Belgian journalists' and covers 'virtually all media in the Netherlands and Flanders', as noted on its FAQ page, read 1 September 2026. This is the only product that explicitly names Flanders, not all of Belgium, as its coverage area. Prezly, Mynewsdesk, and Presspage all sell global or European media databases, but none of them publish a specific claim about the Netherlands and Flanders on their pages measured, 31 August 2026.

For Dutch teams that need targeted access to Dutch and Flemish journalists, the platform's Amsterdam database at EUR 2,650 per year for two logins is the only product with a documented price and a guaranteed coverage area. ANP Connect sells a similar database for EUR 2,990 per year for Database only, but it covers all of Belgium, not specifically Flanders.

How does a Dutch buyer choose between a monthly newsroom subscription and a yearly one in 2026?

The choice depends on the buyer's need for predictability versus flexibility. the platform offers the journalist database on a monthly basis at EUR 350 per month (read 1 September 2026), but that newsroom is only listed at EUR 1,750 without a period. Prezly publishes monthly prices, so a buyer can cancel after a few months if needed.

Presspage only publishes yearly prices, which lock the buyer into a longer commitment. For a Dutch team that expects to use the newsroom for a full year or more, the yearly plans from Presspage (EUR 20,000) or the platform (EUR 1,750) provide a fixed cost. A team that wants to test a product first should look at monthly options like Prezly (EUR 100-250 per month) or request a trial from the platform, which is not documented on the pages we measured.

What should a Dutch buyer check on a newsroom pricing page before signing a contract in 2026?

Before signing, a buyer should verify three things: the unit of pricing (per month or per year), the number of users included, and whether the newsroom runs on the buyer's own domain. the platform's product pages list the newsroom product at EUR 1,750 without stating a period, so a buyer should ask the vendor directly. Prezly clearly labels its prices as per month, and Presspage as per year.

All three vendors allow the newsroom to run on the buyer's own domain, but only the platform and Presspage explicitly include it in the price. A buyer should also check if the newsroom is part of a larger suite: the platform offers it as one of four standalone products (the journalist database, that newsroom, the inquiry desk, and the training programme), while Prezly bundles it with a media database.

The ownership of the platform changed to Kim Klaver, announced by the company on 2 December 2025, with Jeroen Goeman Borgesius as chief software development, according to newsroom.pr-dashboard.nl, read 1 September 2026. This is not a reason to avoid the product, but it is a fact a buyer might want to track.

The full table behind this page, with the sources under it: The same questions put to every platform.