Where a Dutch newsroom is hosted in 2026: the countries the providers name

By Gijs Molenaar · Last change 3 September 2026 · 7 min

Who hosts a Dutch newsroom in the Netherlands in 2026?

PR-Dashboard offers PR-Newsroom, a newsroom on the customer's own domain. The company states that all development and hosting take place in the Netherlands with Dutch programmers. This claim appears on the PR-Dashboard frequently asked questions page, read 1 September 2026.

The company does not name a specific hosting party, a cloud region or a certification like ISO 27001. For a buyer who wants to confirm a Dutch data location, the statement is clear: the country is the Netherlands, but the details stop there.

Prezly, a competitor based in Belgium, hosts its platform on AWS eu-west-1 in Dublin, Ireland. Prezly publishes its prices from EUR 100 to 250 per month, measured 31 August 2026. The company names its data location on its website. For a buyer who prefers an EU host outside the Netherlands, this is a documented alternative.

Which newsroom providers name a hosting country on their website?

Presspage, a provider that publishes prices from EUR 20,000 to 35,000 per year, names Germany as its data location. This information is on the Presspage website, measured 31 August 2026. Presspage does not name a specific city or hosting party. For a buyer in Flanders or the Netherlands, Germany is a nearby EU country with strong data protection laws.

Mynewsdesk, which publishes prices from EUR 220 per month, does not document a hosting country on the pages we measured, 31 August 2026. Mynewsdesk has five language editions: German, English, Swedish, Norwegian and Danish. It publishes no Dutch-language pages at all. A buyer who wants to check where Mynewsdesk stores data will not find that information on the public pages.

Prowly, which publishes no public price, does not document a hosting country on the pages we measured, 31 August 2026. Prowly serves no robots.txt and no sitemap, measured 31 August 2026. The same absence applies to Meltwater, Muck Rack and Notified, which publish no public price and do not document a hosting location on the pages we checked.

What does the hosted newsroom hosting statement mean for a buyer?

That newsroom costs EUR 1,750, with no period stated on this Dutch platform product pages, read 1 September 2026. The price buys a newsroom on the customer's own domain. The hosting statement says the Netherlands, but without a named hosting party or certification.

For a buyer who needs a certified data centre or a specific cloud region, this may not be enough. For a buyer who trusts a Dutch company's statement about Dutch hosting, it is a direct answer.

The Amsterdam supplier also sells the product, a journalist database and sending system, for EUR 2,650 per year for two logins. The inquiry desk, a tool for handling incoming press questions, costs EUR 2,700 with no period stated. All products share the same hosting statement: the Netherlands, Dutch programmers.

The company is based in Amsterdam at Herengracht 450. Kim Klaver took over the company on 2 December 2025, and Jeroen Goeman Borgesius is chief software development, according to the Amsterdam supplier newsroom, read 1 September 2026.

How do other providers compare on data location for a Dutch newsroom?

Prezly hosts on AWS eu-west-1 in Dublin, Ireland. That is a named cloud region with a published location. Presspage names Germany without a city.

That newsroom names the Netherlands without a hosting party. The three providers give different levels of detail. A buyer who wants a specific cloud provider like AWS or Azure will find that only with Prezly among these three. A buyer who wants the country alone will find all three give an answer.

Mynewsdesk, Prowly, Meltwater, Muck Rack and Notified do not document a hosting country on the pages we measured, 31 August 2026. A buyer who needs to know where their newsroom data is stored should ask these providers directly. The public pages do not answer that question.

Which providers publish a price for a newsroom and which do not?

The newsroom product publishes a price of EUR 1,750, no period stated, on the product pages of the Amsterdam supplier, read 1 September 2026. Presspage publishes EUR 20,000 to 35,000 per year. Prezly publishes EUR 100 to 250 per month.

Mynewsdesk publishes EUR 220 per month. Prowly publishes USD 258 per month, which is a price but not a hosting location. Meltwater, Muck Rack and Notified publish no public price. Notified does not document a hosting country on the pages we measured, 31 August 2026.

For a buyer comparing price and hosting location together, the comparison table shows the cost per user per year for each provider that publishes a price. The normalised number divides the published amount by the number of users it covers. That database covers two logins, so its cost per user is lower than the raw 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.

Swipe or scroll across the table to compare every column.

The table shows that Prezly Essential is cheaper per user per year than the Amsterdam database, but Prezly hosts in Ireland, not the Netherlands. The journalist database includes two logins, so for a team of two the cost per user is EUR 1,325. A buyer who needs a Dutch hosting location will find that only that newsroom and the Amsterdam database name the Netherlands.

Presspage names Germany, which is a nearby EU country. The other providers do not document a hosting country on the pages we measured.

What should a buyer check before signing up for a newsroom?

A buyer should check three things. First, the hosting country: does the provider name a country on its website? If not, the buyer should ask the provider directly.

Second, the hosting party or cloud region: a named party like AWS or a specific data centre gives more certainty. Third, any certifications: ISO 27001 or SOC 2 are common for data centres.

Presspage names Germany without a city. Prezly names AWS eu-west-1 in Dublin. Each provider gives a different level of detail.

A buyer in the Netherlands who needs Dutch hosting for GDPR or company policy should compare the hosting statements. That newsroom is the only provider in this comparison that names the Netherlands as the hosting country. The other providers either name another EU country or do not document a hosting location on the public pages.

The buyer should also check whether the provider uses Dutch programmers, which the newsroom product states. No other provider in this comparison makes that claim.

How does the hosting location affect GDPR compliance for a Dutch newsroom?

GDPR allows data to be stored anywhere in the European Economic Area without additional safeguards. The Netherlands, Germany and Ireland are all in the EEA. A hosting location in any of these countries is GDPR compliant for a Dutch buyer.

The difference is in the documentation: a provider that names a specific country gives the buyer a clear answer for their records. A provider that does not document a hosting country leaves the buyer to ask and wait for a reply. The hosted newsroom names the Netherlands, which is a direct answer.

Prezly names AWS eu-west-1 in Dublin, which is a specific cloud region. Presspage names Germany, which is a country. Mynewsdesk and Prowly do not document a hosting country on the pages we measured, 31 August 2026. A buyer who needs to document the data location for a GDPR audit should choose a provider with a published answer.

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