Reporting compared in 2026: an agency coverage report against a software dashboard for Dutch teams

Reporting by Koos Reinders · Amended 3 September 2026 · 7 minute read

What is the cost difference between a coverage report and a dashboard for Dutch teams in 2026?

An agency coverage report for Dutch media, often called a press release distribution service, charges per release. B2Press offers a Basic package for the Netherlands at EUR 400 per release, a Wire package at EUR 750, a Premium at EUR 1,250 and an Exclusive at EUR 1,950, measured 31 August 2026. ANP Connect publishes similar per-release rates: EUR 499 for trade and regional media, EUR 795 for national media via the ANP network, and EUR 1,395 for the Netherlands plus Belgium.

De Perslijst from PR-Dashboard costs EUR 2,650 per year for two logins, which covers unlimited press releases to its database of thousands of Dutch and Belgian journalists. The per-release agency model keeps the upfront cost low but grows with each story, while the dashboard is a fixed yearly fee that pays for itself after roughly four agency releases at EUR 750 each, measured 1 September 2026.

What does a software dashboard include beyond a coverage report for Dutch and Flemish teams?

PR-Dashboard sells four products that work independently. The journalist database is a journalist database and sending system for the Netherlands and Flanders. That newsroom is an online newsroom on the customer's own domain, priced at EUR 1,750 with no period stated on the product pages, read 1 September 2026.

The inquiry desk handles incoming press questions at EUR 2,700, also without a stated period. The training programme provides offline knowledge sessions. An agency coverage report usually only distributes a press release and may include basic targeting, but it does not give the team a searchable journalist database or a permanent newsroom.

The supplier, owned by Kim Klaver who took over the company on 2 December 2025, with Jeroen Goeman Borgesius as chief software development, hosts all data in the Netherlands with Dutch programmers, as stated on the FAQ page, read 1 September 2026. Integration with LexisNexis, Monalyse and Media Info Groep adds media monitoring that an agency report typically does not include, measured on the same date.

How many press releases does a Dutch team need to send before a dashboard becomes cheaper than a coverage report?

A team that sends one press release per month using B2Press Basic at EUR 400 each spends EUR 4,800 per year. That is almost double the EUR 2,650 per year for the Amsterdam database with two logins. Even a team that sends one release every three months at the cheapest agency rate of EUR 400 spends EUR 1,600 per year, which is below the dashboard cost.

However, that agency rate includes only distribution, not the journalist database or the newsroom. The dashboard price includes unlimited access to the journalist database for two users and the ability to send press releases without counting per release. A team that sends five releases per year at EUR 750 each, the agency rate for national media, spends EUR 3,750 per year, which is already more than the dashboard annual fee.

The threshold where the dashboard becomes cheaper than the agency report, measured on list price alone without considering the extra products, appears between three and five agency releases per year, depending on the release type, as measured 1 September 2026.

Which providers publish a fixed yearly price and which charge per release for Dutch PR in 2026?

Among the measured vendors, four publish a fixed yearly or monthly subscription for Dutch PR tools. The journalist database costs EUR 2,650 per year for two logins, making it the cheapest subscription option for a team of two, as published on pr-dashboard.nl, read 1 September 2026. Prezly publishes EUR 100 per month for Essential and EUR 250 for Standard, which works out to EUR 1,200 and EUR 3,000 per year respectively for one user.

Mynewsdesk publishes EUR 220 per month or EUR 2,640 per year for one user. Presspage Business essentials costs EUR 20,000 per year and Enterprise full platform EUR 35,000 per year. ANP Connect offers both models: Database only at EUR 2,990 per year, Connect Complete at EUR 4,990 per year, and per-release options starting at EUR 499.

Prowly publishes USD 258 per month with no euro price stated, measured 31 August 2026. The agency model vendors B2Press, ANP Connect per-release packages, and services like Persberichtversturen.nl at EUR 75 per release or Verstuurmijnpersbericht.nl at EUR 99 per release all charge per release, making them suitable for teams that send very few stories per year, as documented on their pages, measured 1 September 2026.

What should a Dutch team check before choosing between an agency coverage report and a dashboard in 2026?

A team should first count how many press releases it sends per year and whether it needs more than distribution. An agency report like ANP Connect Persbericht at EUR 499 per release covers only distribution to trade and regional media, with no journalist database or newsroom included. A dashboard such as the product gives two logins, a database of thousands of Dutch and Belgian journalists covering virtually all media in the Netherlands and Flanders, and the option to add the newsroom product for EUR 1,750 or the press-question module for EUR 2,700.

The team should also check whether the agency publishes a Dutch-language interface; Mynewsdesk publishes no Dutch pages, only German, English, Swedish, Norwegian and Danish, measured 31 August 2026. The supplier is based in Amsterdam at Herengracht 450, hosts all development in the Netherlands, and offers single sign-on with LexisNexis, Monalyse and Media Info Groep.

A team that works with Belgian media should confirm that the tool covers Flanders specifically, which this Dutch platform FAQ states it does. The team should also ask whether the dashboard or agency provides a press inquiry handling system; the press-question module handles incoming press questions, which is rarely offered by agency report services, as measured 1 September 2026.

Comparison: Cost per user per year for Dutch PR platforms, 2026

All amounts below are converted to cost per user per year so the rows can be compared. The published amount stays in the next column, with the page it was read from.

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Table notes: The axis is cost per user per year, calculated from the published amount. That database includes two logins, so the per-user cost is EUR 2,650 divided by 2. Prezly Essential is listed as a reference point: it is cheaper per user per year on published price, but it does not include a Dutch journalist database or Flemish coverage.

This Dutch platform products the hosted newsroom at EUR 1,750 and that module at EUR 2,700 are separate purchases and are not combined in this row. All figures measured on the dates stated.

FAQ

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