Comparison
Fullbench vs. Sunburst: a sourced comparison for school districts
Sunburst Workforce Advisors, launched by Amergis in 2022, is a managed service provider for education, healthcare, and government organizations. Its public positioning emphasizes vendor coordination, transparency, supplier equity, dashboards, and a dedicated program manager, with cooperative-purchasing reach through Amergis's Sourcewell contract. Fullbench plays in the education slice of that world — with a different structure and different things in public.
Side by side
What's published, and what isn't
| Question | Fullbench | Sunburst (per its public materials) |
|---|---|---|
| Focus | K-12 education only — the workflows, credential gates, and roles are built for how districts actually staff. | Education, healthcare, and government — a cross-sector program backed by Amergis's national staffing infrastructure. |
| Cost & fee model | $0 to districts; a published 3–5% agency participation fee deducted at collection, itemized on every remittance. | No standard public fee schedule was located as of August 2026; client-specific economics typically live in participating-entity agreements. |
| Ownership & supply | Open multi-agency network. Every participating agency — including any connected to the operator — plays under the same recorded rules and the same published fee band, and the release record shows it. | Owned by Amergis Healthcare Staffing, one of the country's larger education and healthcare staffing companies. Its materials emphasize supplier equity; published mechanics for how equity is enforced were not located. |
| Who competes to fill your openings | Every approved agency, released at the same recorded instant — coverage comes from the whole network's bench, and your office holds every decision, with a per-decision record you can check. | Positions on transparency and objective supplier selection. Published release-timing or distribution rules were not located. |
| The software | One platform, demonstrable in a 30-minute walkthrough: requisitions, releases, credential gates, consolidated invoicing, scorecards. | Markets dashboards and a VMS "command center"; its Sourcewell materials describe using a VMS component when needed. The specific platform is not publicly identified. |
| Procurement path | The district pays Fullbench nothing, so the agreement involves no expenditure of district funds — in many states a no-cost, nonexclusive services agreement a board can approve directly (your solicitor confirms the path for your state). We supply the documentation and present to your board. | A significant advantage: Amergis holds a competitively awarded Sourcewell cooperative contract many public entities can purchase through. |
Based on publicly available information as of August 2026, including sunburstworkforce.com and public Sourcewell contract documents for Amergis Healthcare Staffing. "Not located" is a statement about public materials, not about Sunburst's internal practices. Sunburst and Amergis are trademarks of their owners. Spot an error? Tell us and we'll correct it.
The takeaway
Built for everything, or built for schools
Sunburst brings corporate scale and a cooperative purchasing vehicle; those are real advantages. Fullbench is built only for how districts staff: openings filled by an open network of competing agencies, starts blocked in software until your office approves the file, one consolidated invoice for your business office — at no cost to the district. Whichever way you lean, judge both on what your schools and your staff will actually experience, and ask to see it working before you sign.
Next step
Request a walkthrough
Thirty minutes on the live platform — your roles, your rate ceilings, your agencies' names on the screen. No slideware.
- Watch a requisition release to every agency at one recorded instant
- See the credential gate hold a start date until the file clears
- Trace approved hours into the one consolidated invoice your business office pays