Campaign monitor vs Salesforce Marketing Cloud (Pardot)

Written by Marcus Taylor - CEO
Updated 12/02/2026

5 minute read

Who is this software for?

Campaign monitor is ideal for Designers, agencies, and companies of all shapes and sizes

Pros

  • Automated unsubcribe functionality
  • Plug-and-play journey designer
  • No setup fee

Cons

  • Basic customer support
  • Campaign transfers are complicated
  • Lack of image hosting

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Pricing

For 2.5k contacts
Contact sales
For 10k contacts
Contact sales
For 25k contacts
Contact sales
For 100k contacts
Contact sales
Full feature pricing
Contact sales
Starting price
$11 / month
Setup fee
Starting # of users
Cost per extra user
Refund policy
Free demo

Ratings

Overall rating
Ease of use
Value for money
Form templates
Customer support

Features

Lead scoring
Lead segmentation
Web activity tracking
SMS marketing
Personalize web content
Predictive analytics
Bi-directional CRM syncing
Event management
Create invoices
Create quotes
Split testing
Create membership sites
Bulk social media posting
Sales reports
Real-time sales alerts
Mobile app
Social CRM

Integrations

Outlook integration
Gmail integration
Salesforce integration
SugarCRM integration
Microsoft Dynamics integration
Zapier integration

General Info

HQ Location
United States
Founded in
2004

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About Campaign monitor

Campaign Monitor gives you the tools to create beautiful and engaging emails and send them out to the right people at the right time. Campaign Monitor integrates with other apps like Salesforce to provide you with the data to craft customized and personalized messages to your customers.From award winning customer service to beautiful email templates, Campaign Monitor provides a full suite of marketing automation tools.

Who is this software for?

Pardot is ideal for Salesforce users looking for a marketing automation solution

Pros

  • Customizable marketing automation tool
  • Great integration with Salesforce
  • Lead Deck lets you send send perspectives on your service pages with one-click

Cons

  • Accounts starts with only 1 user
  • API access only available for PRO users starting at $2,000 / month
  • One of the more expensive solutions

Screenshots

Pricing

For 2.5k contacts
$1250 / month
For 10k contacts
$1250 / month
For 25k contacts
$15000 / month
For 100k contacts
Contact sales
Full feature pricing
$3,000 / month
Starting price
$1,000 / month
Setup fee
Starting # of users
Cost per extra user
Refund policy
Free demo

Ratings

Overall rating
Ease of use
Value for money
Form templates
Customer support

Features

Lead scoring
Lead segmentation
Web activity tracking
SMS marketing
Personalize web content
Predictive analytics
Bi-directional CRM syncing
Event management
Create invoices
Create quotes
Split testing
Create membership sites
Bulk social media posting
Sales reports
Real-time sales alerts
Mobile app
Social CRM

Integrations

Outlook integration
Gmail integration
Salesforce integration
SugarCRM integration
Microsoft Dynamics integration
Zapier integration

General Info

HQ Location
United States
Founded in
2006

About Salesforce Marketing Cloud (Pardot)

Pardot, B2B marketing automation by Salesforce, offers an easy-to-use marketing automation solution that allows marketing and sales departments to create, deploy, and manage online marketing campaigns from one central platform. Together, Pardot and Salesforce empower every rep to act in the moment of engagement, and every marketer to drive greater results from campaigns. As an integral part of the Salesforce family, Pardot is committed to staying on the front lines of innovation, helping companies to exceed their revenue goals, better align their sales and marketing teams, and do more with the resources they already have. Pardot is dedicated to supporting the needs of growing B2B organizations, and can help marketers and sales reps at any size organization work together and win together. Headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, Pardot has a growing client base ranging from small and mid-sized businesses to divisions of large enterprise organizations. Additional Pardot offices can be found in cities across the globe.