I have a real fiddle leaf fig that I was able to put this one side by side next to. The main issue is that this one the leaves are way more upright than a real plant and the way they are inserted into the main stem (which is very lifelike) makes them unable to be moved and positioned more horizontal and not so up towards the ceiling. Also the underside of the leaves (which show a lot) are extra shiny and when any direct light hits them they look very fake. I'm super picky about fake plants and generally hate them. I'm desperately buying some for areas where real plants are 100% not possible and so I do think in low light and not next to the real thing this will be okay.  Could be better, but I'll use it!