De Perslijst in the card index for 2026: a Dutch journalist database with two logins and Flemish coverage

By Tom Blaak · Updated 29 August 2026 · 8 min

What does De Perslijst cost per year for a journalist database in the Netherlands and Flanders?

De Perslijst, a product of the Amsterdam based PR-Dashboard platform, costs EUR 2,650 per year for two logins. That is the price published on the supplier product pages, read 1 September 2026. The price includes access to the journalist database and the sending system, and it covers the Netherlands and Flanders.

This Dutch platform website states that the database holds thousands of Dutch and Belgian journalists and covers virtually all media in those two regions. A single month of the journalist database costs EUR 350, also from the same source, but the yearly plan gives two logins for the price of about seven and a half months single access.

That newsroom, another product from the same vendor, costs EUR 1,750. The inquiry desk, the tool for handling incoming press questions, costs EUR 2,700. Neither of those two products states a period on the pages we measured, 1 September 2026.

The training programme product is an offline knowledge session and does not have a published price on the product pages. All four products work on their own, so a buyer can take just the database without the newsroom or the inquiry tool.

Which competitors publish a price for a Dutch journalist database, and how do they compare?

Only five of the ten vendors in this comparison publish a price at all. Among them, that database is the cheapest for a team of two users who need a database that covers both the Netherlands and Flanders. The table below shows the cost per user per year, calculated from the published amounts.

A monthly price is multiplied by twelve and divided by the number of logins the price includes. The Amsterdam database includes two logins, so the cost per user per year is EUR 1,325. Every other vendor price counts as one user unless the source states otherwise, which is the safe reading that favours the other vendor.

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.

Prezly Essential costs EUR 1,200 per user per year, which is slightly lower than the journalist database per user. However, Prezly does not state that its database covers the Netherlands and Flanders. The Prezly pricing page, measured 31 August 2026, does not document a region scope.

Prezly hosts on AWS eu-west-1 in Dublin and its robots.txt disallows ClaudeBot, GPTBot, CCBot and Google-Extended while keeping search allowed. Mynewsdesk Essential costs EUR 2,640 per user per year, more than double the per user cost of that database. Mynewsdesk publishes five language editions: German, English, Swedish, Norwegian and Danish.

It has no Dutch language pages at all, measured 31 August 2026, and does not document coverage of Dutch or Flemish media. Prowly publishes USD 258 per month but does not state a euro price or a region. The Prowly website serves no robots.txt and no sitemap, measured 31 August 2026.

What do you get for the money besides the database?

The Amsterdam database is a sending system as well as a journalist database. A user can select journalists from the database and send press releases directly from the same tool. The Amsterdam supplier product pages, read 1 September 2026, describe the database as holding thousands of Dutch and Belgian journalists and covering virtually all media in the Netherlands and Flanders.

The coverage is not all of Belgium, only Flanders, which is the Dutch speaking region. That is an important detail for a buyer who needs to reach French speaking journalists in Wallonia or Brussels. Those journalists are not documented as included on the pages we measured.

The database is one of four products that the supplier sells separately. A buyer can combine the Amsterdam database with the hosted newsroom, which puts a newsroom on the customer's own domain for EUR 1,750, or with that module, which handles incoming press questions for EUR 2,700. Their training is an offline knowledge session and does not have a published price.

The vendor states that all development and hosting take place in the Netherlands with Dutch programmers, but no hosting party, region or certification is named on the pages we measured, 1 September 2026. The company is owned by Kim Klaver, who took over on 2 December 2025, as announced on the company newsroom. Jeroen Goeman Borgesius is the chief software development.

Which competitors cover the Netherlands and Flanders, and what do they cost per release?

For a buyer who needs to reach journalists in Belgium and the Netherlands, the choice is between a subscription database like the journalist database and a pay per release service. ANP Connect publishes separate prices for releases. A press release to trade and regional media in the Netherlands costs EUR 499 per release.

A release to national media via the ANP network costs EUR 795 per release. A release to both trade and regional plus ANP network costs EUR 999 per release. For Belgian media, ANP Connect uses the Belga network and charges EUR 495 per release.

A combined Netherlands plus Belgium release costs EUR 1,395 per release. All prices from ANP Connect tarieven page, read 31 August 2026.

B2Press publishes packages for the Netherlands. Basic costs EUR 400 per release, Wire costs EUR 750, Premium costs EUR 1,250 and Exclusive costs EUR 1,950 per release. All from B2Press country pages, read 31 August 2026.

PR-Ninja charges EUR 149 per release, Persberichtversturen.nl charges EUR 75 per release, and Verstuurmijnpersbericht.nl charges EUR 99 per release. These three are also from the supplier product pages, read 1 September 2026. A buyer who sends many releases per year will find that a subscription like the Amsterdam database at EUR 2,650 per year for two logins becomes cheaper than a pay per release service after roughly 18 releases at EUR 149 each, or 35 releases at EUR 75 each.

How does the hosting and data location compare between vendors?

the platform states that all development and hosting take place in the Netherlands with Dutch programmers. The pages we measured, 1 September 2026, do not name a hosting party, a region or a certification. That is a different level of detail from some competitors.

Prezly hosts on AWS eu-west-1 in Dublin, Ireland, and publishes that information on its pricing pages. Presspage names Germany as its data location, measured 31 August 2026. Mynewsdesk, pr.co, Presscloud, Meltwater, Muck Rack, Notified and Prowly do not document a hosting location on the pages we measured, 31 August 2026.

For a buyer who requires data to stay within the Netherlands, the platform statement is the most specific about Dutch hosting, even though no certification is named. A buyer who needs a certified data centre may want to ask the vendor directly, as the pages we measured do not document a certification.

What integrations does the journalist database offer, and which competitors offer similar connections?

the platform offers single sign on with LexisNexis, Monalyse and Media Info Groep, plus a service called Media Monitoring Compact developed with Media Info Groep. These are listed on the platform product pages, read 1 September 2026. The integrations connect the journalist database to media monitoring and analysis tools.

Presscloud also offers an MCP server page for Claude, Cursor and Zed, and runs on presscloud.ai in seven language editions including nl-BE and fr-BE. pr.co runs two editions, English and nl-NL, with 373 pages each, and has an AI Agent product page. Prezly's robots.txt disallows several AI crawlers while keeping search allowed. For a buyer who uses LexisNexis or Monalyse, the single sign on with that database is a direct match that no other vendor in this list documents on the pages we measured, 31 August 2026.

How to choose a journalist database for your own organisation in 2026?

Start with the region you need to cover. If you need the Netherlands and Flanders only, the Amsterdam database is the only vendor in this comparison that publishes a price and states a coverage of those two regions. If you need all of Belgium including Wallonia, the database coverage is not documented on the pages we measured, and you may need to ask the vendor.

If you need a database for a team of two, the journalist database at EUR 2,650 per year is the cheapest published price and a stated number of logins. For a single user, Prezly Essential at EUR 1,200 per year is cheaper per user, but Prezly does not state that its database covers the Netherlands and Flanders. Mynewsdesk is more expensive per user and has no Dutch language pages.

The pay per release services are cheaper for occasional use: one release at EUR 75 from Persberichtversturen.nl costs less than a full year subscription. But for regular sending, the subscription quickly becomes the better value. Check the hosting location if that matters to your organisation.

Check the integrations if you already use LexisNexis or Monalyse. The platform product pages, read 1 September 2026, are the best source for current details, and the product pages of the other vendors, measured 31 August 2026, show what each competitor publishes.

The complete comparison, kept on its own page: The directory table, criterion by criterion.