Nowadays it’s true, that MPC-like machines are very close to what we can do with a DAW. The MPC provides DAW like features, which have been added to the original workflow without destroying or replacing it. It’s a stand alone workstation having all the old school MPC goodness.
From my experience with MPC, Cubase, and Ableton I can tell that the workflow is different for each of them. Same goes for Elektron-based machines.
I use MPC, if I want to hit the pads live and need linear sequencing and Elektron if I like to push buttons on a grid based song writing process 
