Had both at one point in time and Deluge stayed. One is analogue the other isn’t. Beyond that I would think sound engine wise, A4 has a more direct and impactful punch. The tweakability and macro effects are so good but requires pre planning and configuration. Deluge ain’t a slouch either. With community firmware update Deluge now offers clip launching and live remixing in a very performance friendly way. Prior to this I would say the Elektron workflow is fastest to deploy and perform. Now it’s pretty even and more a matter of style and choice by users.
I’ve had both and deluge stayed. 
Way different gear. If you have to choose up to you but I’d never get rid of deluge , it is the best thing ever. Soundwise it is great but it also works great with midi out!
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In your shoes, I’d be thinking about pairing a sequencer with good polyphonic support (chord modes, scale quantization, etc) with a nice multitimbral polysynth desktop module. Say, an Oxi One and a GS Music e7. Or (cheaper option) a Squarp Pyramid and a Micromonsta 2.
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I was lucky enough to have found a second hand Micromonsta 2 
If I understood correctly the Micromonsta 2 is bitimbral right?
But how can select the two different midi channels for the two banks? I didn’t find out that. I can only select on midi channels somehow. Checked the manual as well but no luck… Any clue?
It’s in the manual in the Modes chapter:
Program A is accessed on main MIDI channel (the one set in SYSTEM menu), while Program B is accessed on main MIDI channel + 1.
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Thank you! It took me a while to figure out what that “main midi channel + 1” meant, but now is all good. Thanks a lot!
Deluge is 10000 times better than the a4 and in my opinion better than anything and everything elektron has done. Rather than sell you cheap junk that’ll break in a year synthstrom sold one really good item and spent decades improving it and building on top of that same item while honoring past purchasers with updates. Most of the trigs on my elektron gear starts to break and become brittle after a year. Play a digitakt heavily for a year… you’ll see. Deluge has a looper, UNLIMITED tracks, samples only limited by the memory you input, want an analog sound? Sample or download an analog synth or better yet create a multi sample. The best song mode I have seen. Super easy to use and now that it’s open source the sky is really the limit. A4 always was the most digital and rigid sounding analog synth but I can’t really think of anything the deluge couldn’t replicate or imitate to the point of fooling everyone here.