Reply to NI Maschine or Akai MPD32 for Ableton

Not sure if there is another post on this but I couldn't see one.

What are people experiences with either unit as an Ableton Midi controller ?

Maschine can be used as vst or even standalone with maschine software but more I'm more interested in how it plays as a midi controller for Ableton ? Are there any advantages using mpd32 ?

Cheers