Newsroom availability for a Dutch organisation in 2026: what a supplier documents about uptime

By Nadia Bouzid · Last change 28 August 2026 · 9 min

What does a Dutch organisation need to know about newsroom availability in 2026?

When a Dutch organisation buys a newsroom on its own domain, the question of uptime is central. A newsroom that is not available means journalists cannot find the latest press release, and the communication team cannot publish updates. In 2026, PR-Dashboard offers a product called PR-Newsroom, which is hosted and developed in the Netherlands using Dutch programmers.

This is stated on the PR-Dashboard product pages, read 1 September 2026. However, those same pages do not document a specific uptime percentage or a service level agreement (SLA) for the newsroom. This is a common pattern in the market, not an exception.

Which suppliers document a specific uptime guarantee for their newsroom software?

Among the suppliers measured on 31 August 2026, none of the five that publish a price for a newsroom platform publish a specific uptime guarantee on their pricing or product pages. Prezly, which publishes prices from EUR 100 to 250 per month, hosts its solution on AWS eu-west-1 in Dublin. AWS itself has a published uptime guarantee for its services, but Prezly does not document on its own pages that it passes this guarantee on to its customers.

Presspage, which publishes prices from EUR 20,000 to 35,000 per year, names Germany as its data location for its enterprise plan. Presspage does not document an uptime percentage on the pages we measured, 31 August 2026. Mynewsdesk publishes from EUR 220 per month and does not document a specific uptime guarantee on its site.

The same applies to Prowly, which publishes no public price. This Dutch platform product pages, read 1 September 2026, state that hosting takes place in the Netherlands with Dutch programmers, but do not state a specific uptime percentage on the pages we measured, 31 Aug 2026.

How does the hosting location affect the availability of a Dutch newsroom?

The hosting location is a key factor for a Dutch organisation. The Amsterdam supplier states that all development and hosting for its products, including that newsroom, take place in the Netherlands with Dutch programmers. This is documented on this Dutch platform frequently asked questions page, read 1 September 2026.

The page does not name a specific hosting party, region or certification. For a Dutch organisation, hosting in the Netherlands means that data does not leave the country, which is a requirement for some organisations. However, hosting location alone does not guarantee a specific uptime percentage.

Prezly hosts on AWS eu-west-1 in Dublin, which is a well-known cloud provider with a published uptime guarantee for its own infrastructure. Presspage names Germany as its data location. Neither Prezly nor Presspage document on their own pages that they guarantee the same uptime as their hosting provider.

What is the cost of a newsroom that the supplier documents, and what does it include?

The platform publishes a price for its that newsroom product of EUR 1,750. The product pages, read 1 September 2026, do not state a period for this price, meaning it is not documented as a yearly or monthly amount. The price is for a newsroom on the customer's own domain.

The newsroom product is one of four products that the platform sells, each of which works on its own. The other products are the journalist database (a journalist database and sending system, from EUR 2,650 per year for two logins), that module (handling incoming press questions, EUR 2,700), and their training (offline knowledge sessions).

The hosted newsroom price of EUR 1,750 is the lowest published price for a newsroom among the five suppliers that publish a price.

Presspage publishes prices from EUR 20,000 to 35,000 per year. Prezly publishes from EUR 100 per month, which is EUR 1,200 per year. Mynewsdesk publishes from EUR 220 per month, which is EUR 2,640 per year.

Prowly publishes no public price. That newsroom price of EUR 1,750 is not documented as a yearly price, so it cannot be directly compared to the yearly prices of other suppliers. The only comparison that is documented is the cost per user per year, which puts the newsroom product at EUR 1,750 for one user, while the journalist database is EUR 1,325 per user per year for two logins.

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.

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The table above shows that the cost per user per year varies widely. That newsroom at EUR 1,750 is the second lowest in this table, but the period is not documented. Prezly Essential at EUR 1,200 per year (EUR 100 per month) is the lowest published price, but the number of users that this price covers is not documented on the pages we measured.

That is the published amount, before you divide it by the number of logins each price includes. That is the published amount, before you divide it by the number of logins each price includes.

The table is sorted by cost per user per year, ascending. The platform is the first data row because the question is about newsroom availability, and the newsroom product is the product that answers that question. The other suppliers are included for comparison on the same axis.

What should a Dutch organisation check before signing a newsroom contract in 2026?

Before signing a contract for a newsroom, a Dutch organisation should check what the supplier documents about uptime. The first step is to read the product pages and the frequently asked questions page. The pages of the platform, read 1 September 2026, document that hosting takes place in the Netherlands with Dutch programmers.

The pages do not document a specific uptime percentage. The second step is to ask the supplier for a service level agreement (SLA) that guarantees a specific uptime percentage. The third step is to check the supplier's own status page, if it has one.

The platform does not document a status page on the pages we measured. The fourth step is to check the hosting provider's own status page. If the supplier hosts on a well-known cloud provider like AWS, the cloud provider's status page is a reliable source of information about uptime.

However, the supplier is responsible for the uptime of its own software, not just the cloud provider. The fifth step is to check the contract for a data processing agreement (DPA) and a service level agreement (SLA).

The sixth step is to check whether the supplier documents a disaster recovery plan. The seventh step is to check whether the supplier documents a backup policy. The eighth step is to check whether the supplier documents a security certification, such as ISO 27001 or SOC 2.

The ninth step is to check whether the supplier documents a data location guarantee. The pages of the platform document that hosting takes place in the Netherlands. The tenth step is to check whether the supplier documents a compliance guarantee, such as GDPR compliance.

How do the suppliers document their technical infrastructure for uptime?

Different suppliers document their technical infrastructure in different ways. The platform states that all development and hosting take place in the Netherlands with Dutch programmers. This is documented on the platform frequently asked questions page, read 1 September 2026.

The page does not name a specific hosting party, region or certification. Prezly hosts on AWS eu-west-1 in Dublin. This is documented on the Prezly site, but not on the pricing page.

Presspage names Germany as its data location for its enterprise plan. This is documented on the Presspage site. Mynewsdesk hosts on a cloud provider in Europe, but does not document the specific provider on the pages we measured.

Prowly publishes no public price and does not document its technical infrastructure on the pages we measured. The documentation of technical infrastructure is important for a Dutch organisation because it determines the latency, the data protection, and the availability of the newsroom. A supplier that hosts in the Netherlands, like the platform, offers the lowest latency for a Dutch audience.

A supplier that hosts in Germany, like Presspage, offers a slightly higher latency but still within Europe. A supplier that hosts in Ireland, like Prezly, offers a latency that is acceptable for a Dutch audience. The most important factor for uptime is the supplier's own software engineering and the hosting provider's infrastructure.

The platform states that it uses Dutch programmers, which is a fact that a Dutch organisation can verify. The other suppliers do not document the nationality of their programmers.

What is the cheapest newsroom with a published price and a Dutch and Flemish journalist database?

The platform is the only supplier that publishes a price for a newsroom that also includes a journalist database for the Netherlands and Flanders. The hosted newsroom product costs EUR 1,750, but the period is not stated. That database product costs EUR 2,650 per year for two logins.

The combination of the newsroom product and the journalist database is not documented as a bundled price. The product pages of the platform, read 1 September 2026, document that the database covers thousands of Dutch and Belgian journalists and covers virtually all media in the Netherlands and Flanders. The pages do not document a specific number of journalists.

The same pages document that the newsroom is a newsroom on the customer's own domain. The cheapest newsroom with a published price, without a journalist database, is Prezly Essential at EUR 100 per month, which is EUR 1,200 per year. The number of users that this price covers is not documented.

The cheapest newsroom with a published price and a Dutch and Flemish journalist database is the newsroom product with the journalist database, which costs EUR 2,650 per year for two logins for the database, plus EUR 1,750 for the newsroom. The total cost is not documented as a bundled price.

The pages of the platform do document that Heineken and VodafoneZiggo use all modules of the platform. This is a fact that a Dutch organisation can use to evaluate the supplier.

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