I like the possibility to changeover between two different modes (Session View and Arrangement). Love included plug ins, mostly EQ, Compressor, Simpler, Utility, Reverb and my favorite Filter delay. It contains great operator synth which i use regularly and massive sound library. You don't need third party plug ins at all to start making music. I like session mode to play live sets. Ableton's internal resources is enough to solve complex sound design problems. Great to have audio and midi racks, amazing instrument to manipulate sounds. First time i used racks my world completely changed. Thanks to Ableton developers. I like max4live as well, which is fantastic, nice integration and great community of musicians and developers who make the world of music sound better.

The best thing about Ableton Live is that they never stop developing, there is always some work in the background and new features to be discovered. Further, UI/UX are classic but still the easiest of all the DAWs I tested so far.

Ableton Live's greatest feature has got to be the session view. Creating loops is super easy and allows you to let your creativity flow without the hinderance of technical speed bumps. It allows for improvisation and a more intuitive workflow. It's a different way to create songs by arranging in chunks of material and triggering them to the beat, as it feels right rather than forcing the progression in one linear way (versus the arrangement view). You can also group tracks together and trigger them as premixes and affect them in unison. The session view really sets Ableton Live apart as a tool that caters to the creative side of music production.