Magento 2 promotions tools come with two types of promotions: catalog price rules, and cart price rules. Check out the differences between each price rule.

Magento 2 Cart price rules allow store owners to run quick discounts or seasonal promotions to specifics products in the store. Follow the steps below to create a cart price rule in Magento 2.

Magento 2 Catalog price rules allow store owners to run promotion campaigns without discount codes. Check out how  to create a catalog price rule in Magento 2

To display recently viewed and compared products at a specific page of your storefront, you need to configure their options, create a widget from the backend and select where to display the widget in the storefront.