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Salesforce’s decision to rebrand Pardot as Marketing Cloud Account Engagement in 2022 has created confusion among users about the best platform choice. These solutions promise to boost marketing efforts but serve different purposes. A wrong platform choice could result in a 12% revenue loss, yet the right decision might increase ROI up to 300%. The distinction between these platforms is vital to making the right choice. Marketing Cloud Account Engagement (formerly Pardot) stands out for B2B marketing with complex sales cycles. Marketing Cloud Engagement proves more effective for B2C marketing that involves larger prospect databases.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":8032,"template":"","categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8030","blog","type-blog","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nPardot vs Marketing Cloud: What's the Real Difference?<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Confused between Salesforce Pardot (Account Engagement) and Marketing Cloud? Here's a clear breakdown of what each tool does best. 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