The new standard to use now is Net::SSH2. Expect has to do alot of printing values, then waiting and filtering replies, but it works well if your system ssh clients are working well. Look at A little demo for Net::SSH2 and see how many lines of code it takes to do an operation, compared to your Expect scripts. Net::SSH2 has more concise code. You decide which code is better.

If you use your system's commandline ssh utilities often, and are familiar with their usage, then Expect may be better for you; just because it's easier on the mind to have consistency in remembering options, etc.