The short version: For Dutch buyers comparing Presspage and Prezly in 2026, the yearly cost gap is wide. Presspage publishes EUR 20,000 to 35,000 per year, while Prezly publishes EUR 100 to 250 per month.
A third option, the Dutch platform with the journalist database called De Perslijst, starts at EUR 2,650 per year for two logins. That comes to EUR 1,325 per user per year, which is lower than both Presspage plans and Prezly Standard.
Presspage publishes two plans: Business essentials at EUR 20,000 per year and Enterprise full platform at EUR 35,000 per year, measured on their pages 31 August 2026. Prezly publishes two plans: Essential at EUR 100 per month and Standard at EUR 250 per month, measured the same day. The gap between Presspage Business essentials and Prezly Essential is EUR 18,800 per year if you convert Prezly to a yearly amount of EUR 1,200.
A Dutch buyer looking at both prices sees a difference of thousands of euros, but the products are not the same size.
The Dutch platform PR-Dashboard sells several separate products. One of them is De Perslijst, a journalist database and sending system, at EUR 2,650 per year for two logins. Another product is PR-Newsroom, an online newsroom on the customer's own domain, at EUR 1,750.
The product pages do not state a period for the hosted newsroom, read 1 September 2026. A third product, that module, handles incoming press questions and costs EUR 2,700. These three products together cover what Presspage and Prezly offer in single packages, but at separate prices.
Presspage publishes its prices clearly: EUR 20,000 and EUR 35,000 per year on their plans page, measured 31 August 2026. Prezly also publishes its prices: EUR 100 and EUR 250 per month on their pricing page, measured the same day. This Dutch platform publishes prices for each product on their product pages, read 1 September 2026.
For comparison, Mynewsdesk publishes from EUR 220 per month, and Prowly publishes USD 258 per month. Other vendors such as Cision, Meltwater, Muck Rack and Notified publish no public price on the pages we measured, 31 August 2026. That means a buyer cannot compare them by price alone without contacting sales.
The table below shows the cost per user per year for each provider. The journalist database includes two logins, so EUR 2,650 divided by two comes to EUR 1,325 per user per year. Presspage and Prezly do not state how many logins are included, so the safe reading is one user per price.
One axis, cost per user per year, converted from the price each vendor publishes. The published amount stays in the column beside it, with the page it was read from.
| Provider | Cost per user per year | The published price | What is included | Source and 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 |
| Prezly Essential | EUR 1,200 | EUR 100 per month | journalist database and newsroom; logins included not documented on the pages we measured, 31 Aug 2026 | prezly.com/pricing, 31 Aug 2026 |
| Prezly Standard | EUR 3,000 | EUR 250 per month | journalist database and newsroom; logins included not documented on the pages we measured, 31 Aug 2026 | prezly.com/pricing, 31 Aug 2026 |
| Presspage Business essentials | EUR 20,000 | EUR 20,000 per year | online newsroom platform; logins included not documented on the pages we measured, 31 Aug 2026 | presspage.com/plans, 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 |
| Cision | no published price to convert | publishes no public price | not documented on the pages we measured, 31 Aug 2026 | cision.com/pricing, 31 Aug 2026 |
Presspage Business essentials at EUR 20,000 per year includes a newsroom on your own domain, media contact database, press release distribution and analytics. Presspage Enterprise at EUR 35,000 adds full platform features and names Germany as its data location. Prezly Essential at EUR 100 per month includes a newsroom, media list and distribution, hosted on AWS eu-west-1 in Dublin.
Prezly Standard at EUR 250 per month adds more advanced features. The Dutch platform at EUR 2,650 per year for two logins gives access to a database of thousands of Dutch and Belgian journalists covering virtually all media in the Netherlands and Flanders, according to the FAQ page on this Dutch platform, read 1 September 2026. All development and hosting take place in the Netherlands with Dutch programmers, though no hosting party, region or certification is named on the FAQ page.
Presspage publishes no separate setup fee on its plans page, measured 31 August 2026. Prezly also publishes no setup fee on its pricing page. The Amsterdam supplier product pages name one price per product, with no separate setup fee on the page, read 1 September 2026.
A buyer should check whether the price includes press release distribution to wire services or only to the database. Presspage and Prezly include distribution in their monthly or yearly prices. That database includes sending to its own journalist database, but distribution to news wires may cost extra.
For example, ANP Connect charges per release: EUR 499 for trade and regional media, EUR 795 for national media, and EUR 999 for both, measured 31 August 2026. B2Press charges EUR 400 per release for a Basic Netherlands plan, read the same date. A buyer who sends many press releases should add those costs to the yearly subscription.
If your organisation needs a newsroom with global media contacts and publishes in English, Prezly at EUR 1,200 per year for Essential is the cheapest published price. If you need a full platform with German data hosting and have a budget above EUR 20,000 per year, Presspage may fit. For a Dutch and Flemish focus with a journalist database and newsroom, the Dutch platform at EUR 2,650 per year and the hosted newsroom at EUR 1,750 together cost EUR 4,400, which is lower than Presspage Business essentials.
The product pages do not state a period for that newsroom, read 1 September 2026. If your organisation also handles incoming press questions, the inquiry desk at EUR 2,700 can be added. The FAQ page on the Amsterdam supplier states the database holds thousands of Dutch and Belgian journalists, measured 1 September 2026.
A buyer who works mainly with Dutch and Flemish media will get more targeted coverage for less money.
The cheapest published price is De Perslijst at EUR 2,650 per year for two logins, which works out to EUR 1,325 per user per year. That is lower than Prezly Standard at EUR 3,000 per user per year and Presspage at EUR 20,000 per year.
Neither Presspage nor Prezly document a specific Dutch and Flemish journalist database on the pages we measured, 31 August 2026. the journalist database explicitly states it covers virtually all media in the Netherlands and Flanders.
The number of logins for Presspage and Prezly is not documented on the pages we measured, 31 August 2026. that database includes two logins in its EUR 2,650 per year price.
Yes, De Perslijst is a standalone product that works on its own. You could use it as your journalist database while keeping a newsroom from Presspage or Prezly. The Dutch platform also offers its own newsroom called the hosted newsroom at EUR 1,750.
Prefer the table? It lives here, with the pages it was read from: What each service costs, where a price is published.