I don;t know if automation or one of your requirements but found this post which should be useful if you are comparing on this are as well.
The part that might be interesting for you is this
Edeliver was first deployment tool and still enjoys its share of popularity despite being almost non-maintained. It had a very good documentation and versatile possibilities that were than enough to help with such complicated process as deployment.
Yes, there are other tools right now like Bootleg and MixDeploy which might be even better, so what’s the reason to put effort in solving non-existing problem.
