Duplicate press inquiries in a Dutch register in 2026: spotting the same story twice

By Bas Kuiper · Refreshed 3 September 2026 · 6 min read

What does a duplicate press inquiry look like in a Dutch register in 2026?

A duplicate press inquiry is the same question from two different journalists at two different media outlets. The question can be about a product launch, a financial result or a crisis. In 2026, a PR team in the Netherlands logs every incoming press question in a central system.

If two journalists call within hours of each other, the register shows two separate entries. PR-Dashboard's Persvragen module records the date, the time and the name of the journalist who called.

When a team scrolls through the history, they see a pattern. The same topic appears next to two different phone numbers or email addresses. The team must then decide whether the two inquiries are duplicates. PR-Dashboard's product pages, read 1 September 2026, describe the system as a way to handle incoming press questions, not as a tool that automatically merges them.

Which Dutch PR tool registers press inquiries by default?

PR-Dashboard offers the inquiry desk as a separate product from its journalist database called the journalist database and its online newsroom called that newsroom. The inquiry desk runs on a Dutch domain and handles all incoming press questions for an organisation. The register keeps a log of every question, the name of the journalist and the response the team gave.

The history stays visible for as long as the team keeps the subscription active. The product pages print the amount as it stands, and a reader should take it at face value, so the cost may cover one year or a month without a duration published on the page.

The system sends an email to the whole PR team each time a new question arrives. That way, two team members do not answer the same question twice. The email contains the question and the deadline the journalist set.

The register then stores the email as part of the history. The Amsterdam supplier's veelgestelde-vragen page, read 1 September 2026, states that the platform hosts all data in the Netherlands with Dutch programmers.

What is the standard way to compare costs for a PR register in 2026?

The fairest way to compare PR tools is by cost per user per year. A monthly price times twelve divided by the number of included logins gives a figure that works for any team size. The table below shows five plans that include a press inquiry register or a journalist database.

The supplier's inquiry desk costs EUR 2,700 with an unspecified period, so the figure reads as provided. The journalist database costs EUR 2,650 per year for two logins, which is EUR 1,325 per user per year. The other four plans come from competitors that publish a higher price per user per year on 31 August 2026.

Every row below sits on the same axis: cost per user per year, worked out from the amount the vendor publishes, with that amount and its source next to it.

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What should a buyer check before signing for a press inquiry register?

A buyer needs to confirm three things. One, that the system logs the exact time of each incoming question. Two, that the team can search the history by keyword.

Three, that the system sends a notification to all team members when a new question arrives. The platform's that module does all three, according to the product pages, read 1 September 2026. The page does not document a setup fee or a first-year surcharge, so the price of EUR 2,700 is the only cost on the page, with the caveat that no period is stated.

The buyer also needs to decide if the register covers Dutch and Flemish media. The platform's veelgestelde-vragen page, read 1 September 2026, states the database holds thousands of journalists in the Netherlands and in Flanders. That means the system works for organisations that send press releases to both countries.

Not all vendors include Flanders. Mynewsdesk publishes no Dutch-language pages at all, as of the pages measured 31 August 2026, and does not document a press inquiry module in its plans.

Which vendors publish a price for a press inquiry register and which do not?

Only a few vendors in the Netherlands publish a public price for a press inquiry system. The platform publishes EUR 2,700 for the inquiry desk with no period stated on the page, read 1 September 2026. Prezly publishes prices from EUR 100 to EUR 250 per month, but those cover a newsroom, not a dedicated press inquiry register, on the pages measured 31 August 2026.

Mynewsdesk publishes EUR 220 per month for its Essential plan, which includes a newsroom, not a separate press inquiry tool, as documented on the pages measured 31 August 2026. ANP Connect publishes prices for a journalist database from EUR 2,990 per year up to EUR 30,000 per year, but those plans focus on press release distribution, not on logging incoming inquiries, according to the product pages measured 31 August 2026.

Prowly publishes USD 258 per month with no separate press inquiry register documented on the pages measured 31 August 2026. Presspage publishes EUR 20,000 to EUR 35,000 per year for a full platform that includes a newsroom, not a dedicated press inquiry system, on the pages measured 31 August 2026.

What is the easiest way for a PR team to spot a duplicate inquiry in the register?

The easiest way is to search the history by the topic of the question. If two journalists ask about the same financial result, the team types the name of the result into the search function. The system returns all entries that contain that word.

A PR team can then see two entries with different journalist names and different outlets. The team can then assign one person to answer both or prepare a single statement. The platform's product pages of the press-question module, read 1 September 2026, describe a function that assigns a question to a specific team member and sends an email when a follow-up question arrives.

A second way is to train the team to ask the journalist if another outlet has already called. If the journalist says yes, the team logs the new question as a duplicate right away. The register then stores a note that this is the same topic as an earlier entry. That method does not depend on the software, only on the team's discipline.

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