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Acquisitions - Additional Information (Detail) (USD $)
12 Months Ended 0 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2013
Oct. 09, 2013
Dec. 31, 2012
Dec. 31, 2011
Business Acquisition [Line Items]          
Purchase price of acquired company $ 6,300,000us-gaap_PaymentsToAcquireBusinessesGross        
Cash acquired from acquisition 2,100,000us-gaap_CashAcquiredFromAcquisition        
Business combination accruals 1,100,000pega_AccruedMergerConsideration        
Acquisition-related costs 488,000us-gaap_BusinessCombinationAcquisitionRelatedCosts 1,306,000us-gaap_BusinessCombinationAcquisitionRelatedCosts      
Purchase price adjustment against goodwill   6,006,000us-gaap_GoodwillPurchaseAccountingAdjustments [1]      
Goodwill 46,860,000us-gaap_Goodwill 43,469,000us-gaap_Goodwill   20,451,000us-gaap_Goodwill 20,451,000us-gaap_Goodwill
Maximum          
Business Acquisition [Line Items]          
Consideration payable based on the achievement of certain performance milestones 1,500,000us-gaap_BusinessCombinationContingentConsiderationLiability
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Business Acquisition [Line Items]          
Purchase price of acquired company 27,141,000us-gaap_PaymentsToAcquireBusinessesGross
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  27,100,000us-gaap_PaymentsToAcquireBusinessesGross
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Acquisition-related costs 300,000us-gaap_BusinessCombinationAcquisitionRelatedCosts
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1,300,000us-gaap_BusinessCombinationAcquisitionRelatedCosts
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Purchase price adjustment against goodwill 6,000,000us-gaap_GoodwillPurchaseAccountingAdjustments
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Goodwill 23,018,000us-gaap_Goodwill
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Acquired identifiable intangibles 10,355,000us-gaap_BusinessCombinationRecognizedIdentifiableAssetsAcquiredAndLiabilitiesAssumedIntangibleAssetsOtherThanGoodwill
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Acquisition-related costs, including transaction costs $ 1,300,000us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionCostOfAcquiredEntityTransactionCosts
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[1] The purchase price adjustments identified during 2014 have been retroactively applied as of December 31, 2013.