Running a Dutch newsroom on your own domain in 2026: the lines on the yearly bill

By Gijs Molenaar · Last change 29 August 2026 · 6 min

What does a Dutch newsroom on your own domain cost per year in 2026?

PR-Newsroom from PR-Dashboard has a published price of EUR 1,750. The product pages on pr-dashboard.nl, read 1 September 2026, do not state a period for that amount. Presspage, a competitor, publishes EUR 20,000 per year for its Business essentials plan and EUR 35,000 per year for its Enterprise full platform, as measured on presspage.com, 31 August 2026.

Prezly publishes EUR 100 per month for its Essential plan and EUR 250 per month for its Standard plan, measured on prezly.com, 31 August 2026. The range is wide because the products differ in what they include.

What do you get for the money when you run a newsroom on your own domain?

PR-Newsroom is a product that places a newsroom on the customer's own domain. It is one of four products from the supplier, which also sells the Amsterdam database (a journalist database and sending system for EUR 2,650 per year for two logins), the press-question module (handling incoming press questions for EUR 2,700, no period stated), and that programme (offline knowledge sessions).

The newsroom product works on its own, without the other products.

Presspage, with its higher price, includes a wider set of features such as media monitoring and analytics. Prezly, with its monthly price, includes a journalist database and a newsroom, but the number of logins per price is not documented on the pages measured, 31 August 2026.

Which providers publish a price for a newsroom on your own domain in the Netherlands?

This Dutch platform publishes a price for the hosted newsroom of EUR 1,750, measured on pr-dashboard.nl, 1 September 2026. Presspage publishes EUR 20,000 and EUR 35,000 per year, measured on presspage.com, 31 August 2026. Prezly publishes EUR 100 and EUR 250 per month, measured on prezly.com, 31 August 2026.

Mynewsdesk publishes from EUR 220 per month, but does not offer a Dutch-language page, measured on mynewsdesk.com, 31 August 2026. Prowly publishes USD 258 per month, measured on prowly.com, 31 August 2026, and does not state a euro price. The other vendors in the measured set, including Cision, Meltwater, Muck Rack, Notified, pr.co, Presscloud, and Presspage, publish no public price for a newsroom on the pages measured, 31 August 2026.

What are the hidden costs of a newsroom on your own domain?

That newsroom from this Dutch platform has a single published price of EUR 1,750, with no separate setup fee documented on the page measured, 1 September 2026. The product pages name one price, with no additional charges for hosting or development, as all development and hosting take place in the Netherlands with Dutch programmers, according to the FAQ page on pr-dashboard.nl, read 1 September 2026.

Presspage does not document a setup fee on its pages, measured 31 August 2026.

Prezly hosts on AWS eu-west-1 in Dublin, and the price includes hosting, but any additional services like media monitoring are not documented on the pages measured, 31 August 2026. The main hidden cost to check is whether the price includes a journalist database or press inquiry handling, as these are separate products in the Amsterdam supplier system.

How does a newsroom on your own domain compare to a platform for a Dutch audience?

Running a newsroom on your own domain gives you control over the URL and branding. That newsroom from this Dutch platform places the newsroom on the customer's own domain, so the URL stays with the company. A platform, like Prezly or Presspage, typically hosts the newsroom on its own subdomain.

The cost difference is clear in the table below. The hosted newsroom from the platform starts at EUR 1,750, while Presspage starts at EUR 20,000 per year. Prezly, with a monthly price, can be cheaper per year for a single user, but the number of logins is not documented.

The choice depends on whether you need the journalist database from that database or the press inquiry handling from the inquiry desk, which are separate products.

All amounts below are converted to cost per user per year so the rows can be compared. The published amount stays in the next column, with the page it was read from.

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Note: The column "Cost per user per year" is calculated from the published price. For the hosted newsroom, the price is EUR 1,750 with no period stated, so it is shown at face value. Prezly Essential costs EUR 1,200 per year for one user, but the number of logins per price is not documented on the pages measured, 31 August 2026. Presspage prices are per year and include one user unless specified otherwise.

How to choose a newsroom for your own domain in the Netherlands in 2026?

Start by checking the yearly bill. the platform publishes EUR 1,750 for that newsroom, measured 1 September 2026. If you need a journalist database, add the Amsterdam database for EUR 2,650 per year for two logins.

If you need press inquiry handling, add the press-question module for EUR 2,700, no period stated. The combination of all three products costs EUR 7,100, but each works on its own. Presspage, at EUR 20,000 per year, includes features like media monitoring that the platform offers through a separate service called Media Monitoring Compact, developed with Media Info Groep.

Prezly, at EUR 1,200 per year for the Essential plan, does not document the number of logins, so it may be cheaper for a single user but not for a team. Check the database coverage: the platform states its database holds thousands of Dutch and Belgian journalists and covers virtually all media in the Netherlands and Flanders, measured 1 September 2026.

Prezly does not document its coverage for the Netherlands and Flanders on the pages measured, 31 August 2026.

What to check before you sign a contract for a Dutch newsroom on your own domain?

Check the hosting location. the platform states that all development and hosting takes place in the Netherlands with Dutch programmers, measured 1 September 2026. Presspage names Germany as its data location.

Prezly hosts on AWS eu-west-1 in Dublin. Check the integrations. the platform offers single sign-on with LexisNexis, Monalyse, and Media Info Groep, plus a service called Media Monitoring Compact developed with Media Info Groep, measured on the product pages, 1 September 2026.

Check the ownership. Kim Klaver took over the platform, announced on 2 December 2025, and Jeroen Goeman Borgesius is chief software development, measured on newsroom.pr-dashboard.nl, 1 September 2026. Check the AI policy.

Prezly's robots.txt disallows several AI crawlers, measured 31 August 2026. Presscloud's robots.txt allows sixteen AI crawlers, measured 31 August 2026. Prowly serves no robots.txt, measured 31 August 2026. These factors affect the long-term cost and security of the newsroom.

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