Who pays for the export at the end of a Dutch PR contract in 2026

By Bram Osseweijer · Last edited 4 September 2026 · 6 min

Who pays for exporting your journalist database after a Dutch PR contract ends in 2026?

When a Dutch PR contract ends, the question of who pays for exporting your data is not always answered with a clear price. For De Perslijst, the journalist database from PR-Dashboard, the published price of EUR 2,650 per year for two logins includes access to the database. The product pages, read 1 September 2026, do not state a separate setup fee or a data export fee.

The terms likely cover data export under standard data portability rules, but no specific euro amount is documented on the pages we measured.

Competitors like ANP Connect publish a range of subscription plans from EUR 2,990 per year for Database only up to EUR 30,000 per year for Strategie. On the ANP Connect tariffs page, read 31 August 2026, no separate cost for data export is listed. This means that for most Dutch PR tools, the cost of getting your data out is included in the subscription or negotiated in the contract.

What does a contract say about your data after cancellation?

Standard Dutch contract law gives you a right to your own data, but the method of handover can come with a fee. PR-Dashboard, based at Herengracht 450 in Amsterdam, puts everything into one published price, with no data export fee on its public pages. The company states that all development and hosting take place in the Netherlands with Dutch programmers, as documented on its FAQ page, read 1 September 2026.

This local hosting may simplify data transfer under Dutch law.

For a team of two using that database, the cost per user per year is EUR 1,325. If the contract ends, the actual expense of moving your contacts and press lists to another system is not documented by any provider in a public price list. Always ask for a written statement on data export costs before you sign.

Which Dutch PR providers publish a price for data export and which do not?

No Dutch PR provider we measured publishes a specific euro amount for data export. Presspage publishes EUR 20,000 to 35,000 per year for its plans but does not list a data export fee on the pages we measured, 31 August 2026. Prezly publishes EUR 100 to 250 per month but hosts on AWS eu-west-1 in Dublin, which may raise cross-border data transfer questions.

Not one vendor we checked documents a data export charge. The cost of export is typically part of the cancellation process and depends on the contract terms you agreed to.

Providers that publish no public price for export include Meltwater, Muck Rack, Notified, Prowly, pr.co, Presscloud, and Mynewsdesk. For these, the data export fee is not documented on the pages we measured, 31 August 2026. Only by contacting their sales teams can you learn the actual figure.

How does the cost of the Amsterdam database compare to other tools on data export?

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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On this axis, the journalist database comes out at the second cheapest per user per year after Prezly Essential. However, Prezly hosts in Dublin, not in the Netherlands, which may affect data transfer under privacy laws. The table shows that no provider documents a data export fee, so the actual cost of leaving a service is hidden in the contract.

What should you check in your contract about data portability?

Look for a clause titled 'data portability' or 'data export'. In Dutch contracts, this clause may say how you get your data when the deal ends. The supplier states on its FAQ page that all development and hosting happen in the Netherlands, which may make it easier to get data out.

For Presspage, which names Germany as its data location, the export process may be different. For Mynewsdesk, which publishes no Dutch-language pages at all, the contract may be in English or Swedish. Always read the termination section.

If the contract does not mention a fee for data export, the cost is usually the time of your own team to extract the data. Some providers, like Prowly which serves no robots.txt and no sitemap, may have no automated export tool. Ask upfront: 'Can I download my contact list as a CSV file when I cancel?'

How to choose a PR tool based on hidden exit costs in 2026

The hidden cost in a Dutch PR contract is not the yearly fee but the work to move your data. The Amsterdam database from the Amsterdam supplier costs EUR 2,650 per year for two logins, which is EUR 1,325 per user per year. If you leave, you may need to export thousands of Dutch and Belgian journalists from the database.

The supplier states its database holds thousands of Dutch and Belgian journalists and covers virtually all media in the Netherlands and Flanders, as documented on its FAQ page, read 1 September 2026. Losing this database without an easy export would cost time and money.

Competitors like ANP Connect offer per-release pricing starting at EUR 499 for a press release to trade and regional media. That model has no exit cost because you pay per use. Tools with subscriptions, like Presspage at EUR 20,000 per year, typically keep your data locked until you pay or negotiate an export. The safest choice is a provider that promises data export in the contract without a separate fee.

What is the cheapest Dutch PR tool with a published price and clear export terms?

The cheapest Dutch PR tool with a published price is Prezly Essential at EUR 100 per month, or EUR 1,200 per user per year. However, Prezly hosts on AWS eu-west-1 in Dublin, not in the Netherlands. For a pure Dutch tool, the Amsterdam database from the Amsterdam supplier at EUR 1,325 per user per year is the next cheapest.

No tool publishes a data export fee, so the contract terms decide the true cost. the platform, which announced Kim Klaver as the new owner on 2 December 2025, is a Dutch company that may be easier to negotiate with on exit terms than a global provider like Cision or Meltware.

Always ask the sales team: 'How do I get my data out when I leave?' If they cannot answer in writing, the export may cost you more than the subscription.

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