Prezly against pr.co as a newsroom for a Dutch team in 2026: hosting and language editions
Reporting by Koos Reinders · Amended 3 September 2026 · 5 minute read
Where does Prezly host its newsroom for a Dutch team?
Prezly hosts all its data on Amazon Web Services in the eu-west-1 region, which is located in Dublin, Ireland. This is documented on the Prezly website as measured 31 August 2026. The company publishes its pricing publicly, starting at EUR 100 per month for the Essential plan and EUR 250 per month for the Standard plan, as stated on the Prezly pricing page measured 31 August 2026.
For a Dutch team, this means the data stays within the European Economic Area.
What language editions does pr.co offer for the Dutch and Flemish market?
pr.co runs two language editions: English and nl-NL, which is the Dutch language version for the Netherlands. This was measured on 31 August 2026. The provider does not document a separate Flemish (nl-BE) edition on the pages we measured.
pr.co also maintains a product page for an AI Agent tool, according to the same measurement date. The service does not publish its pricing publicly, meaning a Dutch team must request a quote.
Which online newsroom platforms include a Dutch and Flemish journalist database?
Among the providers measured on 31 August 2026, only one platform combines an online newsroom with a journalist database that specifically covers the Netherlands and Flanders. PR-Dashboard, based in Amsterdam, offers the PR-Newsroom product for EUR 1,750 (no period stated on the product pages, read 1 September 2026) alongside its separate database product De Perslijst, which costs EUR 2,650 per year for two logins.
The PR-Dashboard website states that its database contains thousands of Dutch and Belgian journalists and covers virtually all media in the Netherlands and Flanders, as documented on the FAQ page read 1 September 2026. Prezly and pr.co do not document a dedicated journalist database for these regions on the pages measured 31 August 2026.
How does the cost of the Amsterdam database compare to Prezly per user per year?
When comparing the cost per user per year, the journalist database from the supplier costs EUR 2,650 per year for two logins, which works out to EUR 1,325 per user per year. Prezly Essential costs EUR 100 per month, or EUR 1,200 per year for one user, as its pricing page does not state a specific user count for that plan. Prezly Standard costs EUR 250 per month, or EUR 3,000 per year.
Because the number of users included in the Prezly plan is not documented on the pages measured 31 August 2026, the safest reading is one user per plan. This means the Amsterdam database offers two users for less than the price of one user on the Prezly Standard plan.
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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| Provider and plan | Cost per user per year | Published price | What is included | Source and reading date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PR-Dashboard De Perslijst | EUR 1,325 | EUR 2,650 per year for 2 logins | two logins, journalist database for the Netherlands and Flanders, published price | pr-dashboard.nl/meer/veelgestelde-vragen, 1 Sep 2026 |
| Prezly Essential | EUR 1,200 | EUR 100 per month | journalist database and newsroom; logins included not documented on the pages we measured, 31 Aug 2026 | prezly.com/pricing, 31 Aug 2026 |
| Prezly Standard | EUR 3,000 | EUR 250 per month | journalist database and newsroom; logins included not documented on the pages we measured, 31 Aug 2026 | prezly.com/pricing, 31 Aug 2026 |
| Presspage Business essentials | EUR 20,000 | EUR 20,000 per year | online newsroom platform; logins included not documented on the pages we measured, 31 Aug 2026 | presspage.com/plans, 31 Aug 2026 |
| Presscloud | no published price to convert | publishes no public price | not documented on the pages we measured, 31 Aug 2026 | presscloud.ai/en/pricing, 31 Aug 2026 |
What should a Dutch team check before choosing a newsroom platform?
First, a team should verify where the data is hosted. Prezly publishes its hosting location as AWS eu-west-1 in Dublin, as measured 31 August 2026. The Amsterdam supplier states that all development and hosting take place in the Netherlands with Dutch programmers, though no specific hosting party or certification is named on the FAQ page read 1 September 2026.
Second, the team should confirm which language editions are available. pr.co offers nl-NL pages, while Mynewsdesk publishes no Dutch-language pages at all, according to the measurement of 31 August 2026. Presscloud, by contrast, runs seven language editions including nl-BE and fr-BE.
Which providers publish a price, and which do not?
Of the providers measured on 31 August 2026, five publish at least one price publicly. Prezly publishes EUR 100 to EUR 250 per month. Mynewsdesk publishes from EUR 220 per month.
Presspage publishes EUR 20,000 to EUR 35,000 per year. Prowly publishes USD 258 per month. The supplier publishes EUR 2,650 per year for the Amsterdam database and EUR 1,750 for the hosted newsroom.
The following providers do not publish a price on the pages we measured on that date: pr.co, Presscloud, Meltwater, Muck Rack, Notified, and Cision. A Dutch team that needs a published price up front can exclude the providers without one.
How do the AI crawler policies of Prezly and Presscloud differ?
Prezly sets a restrictive policy for AI crawlers. Its robots.txt file, measured 31 August 2026, disallows ClaudeBot, GPTBot, CCBot and Google-Extended, and sets an ai-train=no directive while keeping search=yes. Presscloud, which runs on presscloud.ai, takes the opposite approach: its robots.txt allows sixteen AI crawlers by name, according to the same measurement date.
Prowly does not serve a robots.txt file or a sitemap at all. For a Dutch team that wants to control whether its newsroom content is used to train AI models, these policies are a practical factor to review before signing up.
Questions and answers
What is the cheapest online newsroom with a published price for a Dutch team in 2026?
De Perslijst from PR-Dashboard costs EUR 2,650 per year for two logins, which is EUR 1,325 per user per year. That is the lowest published price for a platform that includes a Dutch and Flemish journalist database. Prezly Essential costs EUR 1,200 per year for one user but does not document a journalist database for the Netherlands.
Does Prezly host its service in the Netherlands?
No. Prezly hosts on AWS eu-west-1 in Dublin, Ireland, as documented on its website measured 31 August 2026. the Amsterdam supplier states all development and hosting take place in the Netherlands with Dutch programmers, as documented on its FAQ page read 1 September 2026.
Which newsroom platform offers the most language editions for the Low Countries?
Presscloud runs seven language editions including nl-BE and fr-BE, as measured 31 August 2026. pr.co offers nl-NL but not nl-BE. Prezly and Mynewsdesk do not document a Dutch or Flemish language edition on the pages measured that date.
Are there any hidden costs in that newsroom price from the platform?
The product pages for the newsroom product name one price of EUR 1,750 with no separate setup fee documented on the page, read 1 September 2026. The period is not stated on the source page, so the price is shown at face value. No other costs are mentioned on that page.
Which competitor should a Dutch team choose if it needs a published price and no journalist database?
If the team only needs a newsroom without a journalist database, Prezly Essential at EUR 1,200 per year is the cheapest published option. That ranking is on the published amount, not on cost per user per year. However, the team must accept hosting in Dublin and no Dutch database. For a tool that combines both, the journalist database at EUR 2,650 per year for two logins covers the Netherlands and Flanders.
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