Depends on the cigar and the pipe tobacco being compared. I migrated from heavy nicotine Maduro wrapper cigars to pipe tobacco and at first There was no comparison. Now that I have tested several blends including an English Balkin I mix myself topped with bourbon that is pressed and aged it’s real close. I still have a large humidor with a lot of cigars and usually smoke 2 to 3 cigars a week. I do not notice any appreciable difference when I migrate from the pipe to a cigar.