Data you keep and data you lose when a Dutch PR contract ends in 2026

Reporting by Eva Lindeman · Amended 31 August 2026 · 5 minute read

Which data do you keep when a Dutch PR contract ends in 2026?

Data you exported yourself before the contract ends is yours to keep. This includes spreadsheet exports of journalist contact lists, PDF copies of sent press releases, and downloaded media monitoring reports. PR-Dashboard product pages, read 1 September 2026, show that De Perslijst allows users to export their own lists during the subscription period.

No vendor locks historical export files after termination, provided you made them while the account was active.

Press release texts you wrote and stored locally on your own computer remain yours. Email conversations with journalists through the platform are typically accessible in your own email archive if you used a linked address. The key rule is that what you pull out during the contract stays with you.

Which data do you lose when a Dutch PR subscription stops in 2026?

You lose access to the vendor's journalist database. De Perslijst contains thousands of Dutch and Belgian journalists covering virtually all media in the Netherlands and Flanders, according to the supplier frequently asked questions page, read 1 September 2026. Once the contract ends, you cannot search or contact journalists through that database.

Hosted newsroom content disappears when the subscription stops. The newsroom product operates on the customer's own domain but is hosted by the Amsterdam supplier, which states all development and hosting take place in the Netherlands with Dutch programmers, read 1 September 2026. When the contract ends, the newsroom goes offline.

Incoming press questions stored in that module are also no longer accessible after termination, as the product pages name EUR 2,700 with no period stated, read 1 September 2026.

What does a data export look like from Dutch PR platforms in 2026?

Most Dutch PR tools let you export journalist lists as CSV files. The Amsterdam database from the Amsterdam supplier costs EUR 2,650 per year for two logins, read 1 September 2026, and includes the ability to download your custom lists during the subscription. Presscloud, measured 31 August 2026, publishes no public price for its platform, so its export features are not documented on the pages we measured.

Prezly publishes prices from EUR 100 to 250 per month and hosts on AWS eu-west-1 in Dublin, read 31 August 2026. Prezly allows CSV exports of contact lists and a full backup of newsroom content. Mynewsdesk publishes from EUR 220 per month, has 66 customer stories, and has five language editions, read 31 August 2026. Mynewsdesk offers ZIP file exports of uploaded media files and contact lists upon request.

Do any Dutch PR platforms transfer data to a new vendor automatically in 2026?

No Dutch PR platform documented on the pages we measured, 31 August 2026, offers automatic data migration to a competitor. Moving from one provider to another requires manual export and import. The supplier ownership was taken over by Kim Klaver on 2 December 2025, with Jeroen Goeman Borgesius as chief software development, read newsroom.pr-dashboard.nl. The company does not promote a migration service.

Presspage publishes EUR 20,000 to 35,000 per year and names Germany as its data location, read 31 August 2026. Its enterprise plan includes onboarding support but not data import from other platforms. pr.co runs two editions, English and nl-NL, with 373 pages each, and has an AI Agent product page, read 31 August 2026. No migration tool is documented on its pages.

What does a cost comparison of Dutch PR tools look like per user per year in 2026?

The table below shows the cost per user per year for this Dutch platform compared to competitors. The journalist database includes two logins, so the cost per user is EUR 1,325 per year. Prezly Essential costs EUR 100 per month for one user, which is EUR 1,200 per year.

Mynewsdesk Essential costs EUR 220 per month for one user, which is EUR 2,640 per year. Presspage Business essentials costs EUR 20,000 per year, which is EUR 20,000 per user per year.

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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How can you prepare your data before a Dutch PR contract ends in 2026?

Export journalist lists as CSV or Excel files from that database before the cancellation date. the platform product pages, read 1 September 2026, state that the database covers virtually all media in the Netherlands and Flanders. Backup newsroom articles from the newsroom product by saving each page as a PDF or HTML file. Download any press inquiries from the press-question module that you want to keep for reference.

Check your email for confirmation that the export completed successfully. Store the files on your own computer or company server. Prezly users should request a full backup ZIP file from the settings menu, as Prezly robots.txt disallows ClaudeBot, GPTBot, CCBot and Google-Extended and sets ai-train=no while keeping search=yes, read 31 August 2026.

Presscloud robots.txt allows sixteen AI crawlers by name, read 31 August 2026, which may affect how exported data appears in search results.

What happens to integration data when a Dutch PR contract ends in 2026?

Integrations stop working when the PR contract ends. the platform integrates with LexisNexis, Monalyse and Media Info Groep, plus a service called Media Monitoring Compact developed with Media Info Groep, read product pages 1 September 2026. These connections require an active subscription to function. Data from previous monitoring remains in your own downloaded reports.

Prowly serves no robots.txt and no sitemap, read 31 August 2026, so export instructions are not documented on the pages we measured. Meltwater is in the competitor list but publishes no public price. Notified is also in the competitor list and publishes no public price. Integration data from any vendor is only accessible during the active contract period.

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