Mynewsdesk versus Prezly for Dutch teams in 2026: monthly cost compared

By Daan Hofland · Page updated 3 September 2026 · 6 min read

What does Mynewsdesk versus Prezly cost per month for a Dutch team in 2026?

Mynewsdesk publishes a starting price of EUR 220 per month on its English plans page, measured 31 August 2026. Prezly publishes two plans: Essential at EUR 100 per month and Standard at EUR 250 per month, read on the same date. Neither vendor states how many user logins those amounts include.

For a Dutch team, the monthly cost comparison is straightforward on the published face value, but the real cost per user per year can shift depending on the number of logins the team needs.

A Dutch alternative, De Perslijst from PR-Dashboard, costs EUR 2,650 per year for two logins, which works out to EUR 1,325 per user per year. That is EUR 110.42 per user per month, roughly between Prezly Essential and Prezly Standard on a per-user basis. The product pages on pr-dashboard.nl, read 1 September 2026, show this price with no setup fee or hidden cost listed.

Which costs more per user per year: Mynewsdesk, Prezly, or a Dutch provider?

When you convert monthly prices to an annual cost per user, the comparison becomes clearer. Prezly Essential at EUR 100 per month equals EUR 1,200 per year for one user. Mynewsdesk at EUR 220 per month equals EUR 2,640 per year for one user.

The Amsterdam database at EUR 2,650 per year for two logins equals EUR 1,325 per user per year. The table below shows these amounts with the source and reading date.

Prezly Standard at EUR 250 per month comes to EUR 3,000 per year for one user, which is higher than the journalist database per user. Presspage Business essentials publishes at EUR 20,000 per year, and Presspage Enterprise at EUR 35,000 per year, both without a stated number of users, measured on presspage.com/plans 31 August 2026. These are much higher amounts, but they include a full newsroom platform, not just a journalist database.

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.

What do you get for the money from Mynewsdesk and Prezly?

Mynewsdesk publishes no Dutch-language pages at all. The site has five language editions: German, English, Swedish, Norwegian, and Danish, measured 31 August 2026. For a Dutch team, this means the interface and support are not in Dutch.

The platform includes a newsroom on your own domain and a distribution system, but the journalist database coverage for the Netherlands and Flanders is not documented on the pages we measured.

Prezly offers a newsroom and a press release distribution system. The pricing page shows EUR 100 to 250 per month, but the number of journalists in the database for the Netherlands and Flanders is not stated. Prezly hosts on AWS eu-west-1 in Dublin, according to its documentation, and its robots.txt disallows several AI crawlers, measured 31 August 2026.

For a Dutch team that needs local media contacts, the lack of a stated database size for the Netherlands and Flanders is a gap.

What hidden costs should Dutch teams check before signing?

Neither Mynewsdesk nor Prezly state a setup fee or a first-year surcharge on the pages we measured, 31 August 2026. However, the absence of a stated number of user logins means a team of two might pay double the published monthly price. Mynewsdesk at EUR 220 per month for one user becomes EUR 440 per month for two users, or EUR 5,280 per year, which is above the EUR 2,650 per year for two logins from that database.

This Dutch platform product pages, read 1 September 2026, name one price for the journalist database with no separate setup fee on the page. The price includes two logins, which is a clear cost for a team of two. That newsroom costs EUR 1,750, with no period stated on the source page, so it is shown at face value.

The inquiry desk costs EUR 2,700, also without a period stated. These are separate products, not a bundle, so a team can buy only what they need.

How does a Dutch buyer weigh De Perslijst against Mynewsdesk?

For a Dutch team that needs a journalist database focused on the Netherlands and Flanders, the journalist database from the supplier states its database holds thousands of Dutch and Belgian journalists and covers virtually all media in the Netherlands and Flanders, according to the frequently asked questions page, read 1 September 2026. Mynewsdesk and Prezly do not document the size or focus of their journalist databases for the Dutch market on the pages we measured, 31 August 2026.

If the team needs a newsroom on its own domain, the newsroom product costs EUR 1,750, while Prezly Standard costs EUR 250 per month or EUR 3,000 per year. The difference is about EUR 1,250 per year, but Prezly includes a full distribution system while the hosted newsroom is a standalone newsroom product. Mynewsdesk includes a newsroom and distribution in its EUR 220 per month plan, but data location is not documented on the pages we measured, whereas the supplier states that all development and hosting take place in the Netherlands with Dutch programmers.

Which providers publish a price, and which do not, for press release tools in 2026?

Among the measured vendors, Prezly, Mynewsdesk, Presspage, and PR-Dashboard all publish a price on their pages. Prowly publishes USD 258 per month, which is a different currency, so a euro price is not stated and cannot be calculated from the data. Presscloud, Meltwater, Muck Rack, and Notified publish no public price on the pages we measured, 31 August 2026.

For a Dutch team comparing costs, the vendors with a published price are easier to evaluate, but the absence of a price does not mean the product is not available.

This Dutch platform publishes four product prices: the journalist database at EUR 2,650 per year, that newsroom at EUR 1,750, the inquiry desk at EUR 2,700, and the training programme at an undocumented amount. The product pages, read 1 September 2026, show each price clearly. This transparency helps a buyer budget without needing to request a quote.

Prefer the table? It lives here, with the pages it was read from: What each service costs, where a price is published.