The amount for a Dutch press inquiry desk against the amount for a newsroom in 2026: two products, two prices

By Lotte Wijnands · Refreshed 1 September 2026 · 6 min read

How much does a Dutch press inquiry desk cost compared to a Dutch newsroom in 2026?

PR-Dashboard sells two separate products for two distinct tasks in public relations. Persvragen is a press inquiry desk that manages incoming questions from journalists. PR-Newsroom is an online newsroom that sits on the customer's own domain and publishes press releases and other content.

On the supplier product pages, measured 1 September 2026, the inquiry desk is listed at EUR 2,700 and the hosted newsroom at EUR 1,750. Neither amount states a period, so the comparison is between two published prices with no time frame attached.

The EUR 1,750 for that newsroom is 1,000 euro less than the EUR 2,700 for the inquiry desk. A buyer who needs both products pays EUR 4,450 on the published numbers. That total is higher than a year of the journalist database, which costs EUR 2,650 per year for two logins and includes a journalist database and a sending system for press releases.

What does EUR 2,700 buy for a press inquiry desk in the Netherlands?

That module is a system for handling press questions that come in from journalists. It replaces a shared email inbox or a phone list with a structured tool. The EUR 2,700 published on the product pages, measured 1 September 2026, includes the software and hosting. The hosting happens in the Netherlands, as stated on the FAQ page of this Dutch platform, measured 1 September 2026.

The desk covers Dutch and Flemish media. The Amsterdam supplier states that its database holds thousands of journalists in the Netherlands and Flanders, covering virtually all media in those two regions, as stated on the FAQ page, measured 1 September 2026. A press inquiry desk draws on that database to route questions to the right contact person in an organisation.

What does EUR 1,750 buy for a Dutch newsroom in 2026?

That newsroom is a newsroom that lives on the customer's own domain, not on a shared platform. The EUR 1,750 on the product pages, measured 1 September 2026, covers the newsroom software and the hosting, which takes place in the Netherlands. The customer gets a branded page where journalists can find press releases, images, quotes and background materials.

The newsroom uses the same database coverage as the other this Dutch platform products. That means a journalist looking for a company newsroom can search across the journalist database that covers Dutch and Flemish media. The product pages do not state whether the EUR 1,750 includes a set number of press releases, nor do they state a period for the price.

How does the hosted newsroom compare to other newsroom tools on price per user per year?

On cost per user per year, that newsroom at EUR 1,750, with no period stated on the page is a low entry point. Below is a comparison table with three other providers that publish a price. The table is sorted on the normalised number, cheapest first.

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.

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The table shows that the newsroom product sits between Prezly Essential and Prezly Standard on cost per user per year. Prezly Essential is cheaper at EUR 100 per month, which works out to EUR 1,200 per user per year. Prezly Standard is EUR 250 per month or EUR 3,000 per user per year.

Presspage Business essentials costs EUR 20,000 per year, which is more than ten times the hosted newsroom price. Prezly hosts its data on AWS eu-west-1 in Dublin, while that newsroom develops and hosts in the Netherlands. Presspage names Germany as its data location.

Which press inquiry desk tools publish a price and which do not?

Among the competitors measured on 27 and 1 September 2026, only this Dutch platform publishes a price for a dedicated press inquiry desk. The press-question module at EUR 2,700 is the only published amount for handling incoming press questions among the tools listed in the measured set. Other tools such as Mynewsdesk, Prowly and Cision do not publish a price for a press inquiry desk feature on their measured pages.

Prowly publishes USD 258 per month for its overall tool but does not state a price for a separate press inquiry function. Mynewsdesk publishes EUR 220 per month for its Essential plan, which includes newsroom and monitoring but not a dedicated press inquiry desk. The pages of these vendors, measured 31 August 2026, do not document a press inquiry desk product.

For a company that needs a structured tool for incoming media questions, that module is the only product in this comparison with a published price for that specific function.

How to choose between a press inquiry desk and a newsroom for your Dutch or Flemish PR work?

The choice between the inquiry desk and the hosted newsroom depends on which problem the organisation wants to solve first. A press inquiry desk handles questions from journalists who are already interested. An online newsroom puts the organisation's own content in front of journalists who may be searching for it.

Larger organisations often run both in parallel, but a small PR team of one or two people might start with one product.

If the team receives three or more press questions per week from Dutch and Flemish journalists, that module at EUR 2,700 provides a structured way to track, assign and respond to those questions. If the team sends out press releases monthly and wants a permanent online location for media to find background information, the newsroom product at EUR 1,750 is the lower-cost entry.

Both products are hosted in the Netherlands by Dutch programmers, as stated on the FAQ page of the platform, measured 1 September 2026.

What should a buyer check before signing up for a Dutch press inquiry desk or newsroom in 2026?

Before buying the press-question module or that newsroom, a buyer should verify three things. First, the price is published without a stated period on the product pages, measured 1 September 2026. A buyer should ask the vendor whether the EUR 1,750 for the newsroom product and the EUR 2,700 for the press-question module are per year or per month.

Second, the data location is the Netherlands, but no specific hosting party, region or certification is named on the measured pages. Third, both products work with the journalist database that covers Dutch and Flemish media, which includes thousands of journalists and virtually all media in those two regions, as stated on the FAQ page.

The buyer may also want to check whether the press inquiry desk integrates with other tools. 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, as stated on the product pages, measured 1 September 2026. That integration means a press inquiry desk user can pull media monitoring data into the same system.

The newsroom, in contrast, is a standalone publishing tool that can be used without additional integrations.

Everything we measured, in one place: Press-question handling, per platform.