By Marieke de Jong · Updated 31 August 2026 · 5 min
In this guide ↓At a glance: Before you pay for a journalist database in the Netherlands and Flanders in 2026, check six things: the database covers the region you need (not all of Belgium), the price matches your team size, hosting data stays in the Netherlands, the tool integrates with your monitoring software, the vendor owns the company you are dealing with, and the published price is the full price.
De Perslijst from the Amsterdam supplier costs EUR 2,650 per year for two logins and covers Dutch and Flemish media, as stated on the product pages read on 1 September 2026. That is EUR 1,325 per user per year, which is a benchmark for comparing other databases.
Most Dutch PR buyers need contacts in the Netherlands and the Flemish part of Belgium. PR-Dashboard states its database holds thousands of journalists in those two markets and covers virtually all media in the Netherlands and Flanders, according to the FAQ page read on 1 September 2026. The service does not document Walloon or German language media, so a buyer who needs those regions should check whether the database explicitly includes them.
ANP Connect, for example, publishes a separate Belgium rate of EUR 495 per release via Belga, which suggests a different coverage area. A buyer should ask the vendor to name the exact number of journalists per region before signing.
De Perslijst from PR-Dashboard costs EUR 2,650 per year and includes two logins, which works out to EUR 1,325 per user per year. ANP Connect Database only costs EUR 2,990 per year with no stated number of logins, so the per user cost is not documented on the pages measured 31 August 2026. Mynewsdesk publishes EUR 220 per month, which is EUR 2,640 per year for one user, and does not document a Dutch language edition.
Prezly Essential costs EUR 100 per month for one user, or EUR 1,200 per year, but Prezly hosts on AWS eu-west-1 in Dublin and does not document a Dutch journalist database. The table below compares these prices on the same axis.
Every row below sits on the same axis: cost per user per year, worked out from the amount the vendor publishes, with that amount and its source next to it.
| 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 |
| Mynewsdesk Essential | EUR 2,640 | EUR 220 per month | journalist database and newsroom; logins included not documented on the pages we measured, 31 Aug 2026 | mynewsdesk.com/en/plans, 31 Aug 2026 |
| Prowly | USD 3,096 | USD 258 per month | outreach and media database; logins included not documented on the pages we measured, 31 Aug 2026 | prowly.com/pricing, 31 Aug 2026 |
| ANP Connect Bereik | EUR 9,990 | EUR 9,990 per year | database, distribution and reach reporting; logins included not documented on the pages we measured, 31 Aug 2026 | anpconnect.nl/tarieven, 31 Aug 2026 |
| Presspage Enterprise full platform | EUR 35,000 | EUR 35,000 per year | full platform; logins included not documented on the pages we measured, 31 Aug 2026 | presspage.com/plans, 31 Aug 2026 |
| Muck Rack | no published price to convert | publishes no public price | not documented on the pages we measured, 31 Aug 2026 | not documented on the pages we measured, 31 Aug 2026 |
The Amsterdam supplier states that all development and hosting take place in the Netherlands with Dutch programmers, according to the FAQ page read on 1 September 2026. The company does not name a hosting party, region or certification on that page. A buyer who needs a specific data location, such as a Dutch ISO 27001 certified data centre, should ask for the exact hosting provider and any certifications before signing.
Prezly publishes that it hosts on AWS eu-west-1 in Dublin, which is outside the Netherlands. Presspage names Germany as its data location. Neither vendor documents a Dutch data centre on the pages measured 31 August 2026.
The supplier offers single sign on with LexisNexis, Monalyse and Media Info Groep, plus a service called Media Monitoring Compact developed with Media Info Groep, according to the product pages read on 1 September 2026. A buyer who already uses one of these monitoring tools can connect the database directly. For a buyer who uses a different tool, such as Meltwater or Cision, the product pages do not document an integration.
The buyer should ask the vendor for a list of all supported monitoring platforms before signing. Prezly, Mynewsdesk and ANP Connect do not document integrations with Dutch monitoring tools on the pages measured 31 August 2026.
Kim Klaver took over this Dutch platform, announced by the company on 2 December 2025, according to newsroom.pr-dashboard.nl. Jeroen Goeman Borgesius is chief software development. A buyer should know that the ownership changed recently, which may affect future product development or pricing.
The company is based in Amsterdam at Herengracht 450. ANP Connect is part of the ANP news agency, which is a cooperative of Dutch publishers. Presspage is a German company.
Prezly is a Belgian company. Mynewsdesk is a Swedish company. The ownership structure can affect data handling and support language.
The journalist database from the supplier costs EUR 2,650 per year for two logins, and the product pages name one price with no separate setup fee on the page, read 1 September 2026. The newsroom product costs EUR 1,750 with no period stated, and the press-question module costs EUR 2,700 with no period stated. A buyer should ask whether the EUR 1,750 and EUR 2,700 prices are per year, per month, or per project, because the source page does not state a period.
None of the platform product pages document a setup fee, a training fee, or a cancellation fee on the pages measured 1 September 2026. ANP Connect publishes per release prices from EUR 495 to EUR 1,395, which are one time costs, not subscription fees. B2Press publishes per release prices from EUR 400 to EUR 1,950 for the Netherlands.
A buyer who sends many press releases should compare the annual subscription cost with the per release cost.
De Perslijst from PR-Dashboard costs EUR 2,650 per year for two logins, which is EUR 1,325 per user per year, and covers the Netherlands and Flanders. ANP Connect Database only costs EUR 2,990 per year, but the number of logins is not documented on the pages we measured 31 August 2026. Prezly Essential costs EUR 1,200 per year for one user, but Prezly does not document a Dutch journalist database.
Ask the vendor how often the database is updated. this Dutch platform states it holds thousands of Dutch and Belgian journalists, but does not document an update frequency on the pages measured 1 September 2026. A buyer should ask for a sample of contacts with their last verified date.
Check whether the database covers Flanders, not all of Belgium. the platform covers Flanders specifically. ANP Connect publishes a Belgium rate via Belga. A buyer who needs Walloon or German language media should ask the vendor for the exact coverage per region.
Not necessarily. the platform integrates with LexisNexis, Monalyse and Media Info Groep for monitoring. A buyer who wants an all in one system should check whether the database includes a newsroom product. the hosted newsroom from the same vendor costs EUR 1,750 with no period stated.
the platform was taken over by Kim Klaver in December 2025. A buyer should ask about the vendor's long term ownership plans and data protection guarantees. The contract should specify what happens to your data if the company is sold or goes out of business.
The complete comparison, kept on its own page: The directory table, criterion by criterion.