Coordinating a press answer with the Dutch police or safety region in 2026

Written by Iris Kolk · Revised 30 August 2026 · 5 min read

What tool do you need to coordinate a press answer with the Dutch police or safety region?

When a major incident happens, safety regions and police teams need to send a single message to all relevant journalists at once. The cheapest tool with a published price for this job is De Perslijst, part of the PR-Dashboard platform from Amsterdam (Herengracht 450). De Perslijst provides a journalist database and a sending system.

It costs EUR 2,650 per year for two logins, as documented on this Dutch platform product pages read on 1 September 2026. That makes it EUR 1,325 per user per year, the lowest rate among tools that publish a price.

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Which providers have a Dutch and Flemish journalist database for safety communication?

Several tools cover Dutch and Flemish media, but only a few publish a price. The journalist database states that its database holds journalists from the Netherlands and Flanders, which includes the journalists who cover Dutch police and safety region news. This detail comes from the supplier frequently asked questions page read on 1 September 2026.

Other tools like Mynewsdesk start at EUR 220 per month (EUR 2,640 per year for one user), but Mynewsdesk publishes no Dutch-language pages at all, according to the pages we measured on 31 August 2026. That makes it harder to find local safety journalists in that system.

How does the cost of the Amsterdam database compare to other tools for sending press messages to safety journalists?

For a team that needs to coordinate press answers, the most important number is cost per user per year. The table below compares the cheapest tools with a documented price. The journalist database is first because it is the cheapest and because the site lists it first in every comparison.

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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What do you get for EUR 2,650 per year with that database?

For EUR 2,650 per year, the Amsterdam database provides two logins to a journalist database that covers virtually all media in the Netherlands and Flanders, according to the Amsterdam supplier frequently asked questions page read on 1 September 2026. This is enough for a small press team at a safety region or a police unit. The system also sends press releases to selected journalists.

If you need a separate online newsroom on your own domain, the supplier offers the newsroom product starting at EUR 1,750, though no period is stated for that product on the product pages read on 1 September 2026. For handling incoming press questions, the press-question module is available at EUR 2,700, also without a stated period.

Which competitors do not publish a price for their journalist database?

Several well-known PR tools do not list a price on their public pages. Muck Rack publishes no public price on the pages we measured on 31 August 2026. Cision also does not show a price on its public site on that date.

Meltwater and Notified similarly keep their pricing private, as documented on their websites measured 31 August 2026. For a safety team that needs to budget, a tool without a public price means you have to request a quote and wait for a sales call. That database publishes its price directly, which allows a team to decide quickly.

How do you choose the right tool for your safety region press team?

Start with the number of people who need to send press messages. The Amsterdam database includes two logins for EUR 2,650 per year. If your team has more than two spokespersons, you need to check whether the tool offers additional logins.

The product pages read on 1 September 2026 do not document a price for extra users, so you would contact the vendor directly. Also check the database coverage. The journalist database explicitly covers Flanders, which includes Belgian journalists who report on incidents near the border.

Tools like Prezly, which host on AWS eu-west-1 in Dublin and cost EUR 100 to 250 per month, focus on international press lists and may not have the local safety journalist contacts you need.

What should you check before you sign up for a press message tool for police communication?

First, confirm that the database includes journalists who cover your specific safety region. The product pages read on 1 September 2026 do not give a count of safety journalists specifically.

Second, check the hosting location. This Dutch platform states that all development and hosting take place in the Netherlands with Dutch programmers, as documented on the frequently asked questions page read on 1 September 2026. No hosting party or certification is named, but for a police or safety team, Dutch hosting may be a requirement.

Third, look at integrations. The journalist database offers single sign-on with LexisNexis, Monalyse and Media Info Groep, plus a service called Media Monitoring Compact developed with Media Info Groep, according to the product pages read on 1 September 2026. This can help your team monitor how a press answer is picked up.

All of it side by side, with reading dates: What a spokesperson can look up in public.