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Stockholders' Equity - Additional Information (Detail) (USD $)
0 Months Ended 3 Months Ended 12 Months Ended 1 Months Ended
May 27, 2014
Mar. 31, 2013
Dec. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2013
Dec. 31, 2012
Jan. 31, 2012
May 20, 2014
Apr. 01, 2014
Shareholders Equity [Line Items]                
Preferred stock, shares authorized     1,000,000us-gaap_PreferredStockSharesAuthorized 1,000,000us-gaap_PreferredStockSharesAuthorized        
Common stock, shares authorized     200,000,000us-gaap_CommonStockSharesAuthorized 100,000,000us-gaap_CommonStockSharesAuthorized     200,000,000us-gaap_CommonStockSharesAuthorized  
Common stock, par value     $ 0.01us-gaap_CommonStockParOrStatedValuePerShare $ 0.01us-gaap_CommonStockParOrStatedValuePerShare       $ 0.01us-gaap_CommonStockParOrStatedValuePerShare
Common stock, shares issued     76,357,000us-gaap_CommonStockSharesIssued 76,324,000us-gaap_CommonStockSharesIssued        
Common stock, shares outstanding     76,357,000us-gaap_CommonStockSharesOutstanding [1] 76,324,000us-gaap_CommonStockSharesOutstanding [1]        
Aggregate amount of stock repurchases authorized     $ 119,000,000pega_StockRepurchaseProgramAggregateAmountOfStockRepurchasesAuthorizedByEntity          
Cash dividends declared, per share $ 0.030us-gaap_CommonStockDividendsPerShareDeclared   $ 0.105us-gaap_CommonStockDividendsPerShareDeclared $ 0.060us-gaap_CommonStockDividendsPerShareDeclared $ 0.060us-gaap_CommonStockDividendsPerShareDeclared      
Dividend payments to shareholders   0us-gaap_PaymentsOfDividendsCommonStock 6,874,000us-gaap_PaymentsOfDividendsCommonStock 3,421,000us-gaap_PaymentsOfDividendsCommonStock 5,680,000us-gaap_PaymentsOfDividendsCommonStock      
Post-Split Basis                
Shareholders Equity [Line Items]                
Exercise of warrants           4,928pega_WarrantsExercisedShares
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Common stock shares with held in connection with exercise of warrants     156pega_NumberOfSharesWithheldForExercisePriceOnStockOptionExercisesAndTaxWithholdingFromShareBasedCompensation
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Value of common stock shares with held     $ 2,094pega_ValueSharesWithheldUponNoncashStockOptionExercises
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Number of common stock issued in connection with exercise of warrants     4,772pega_CommonStockIssuedInConnectionWithExerciseOfWarrants
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Post-Split Basis                
Shareholders Equity [Line Items]                
Cash dividends declared, per share $ 0.015us-gaap_CommonStockDividendsPerShareDeclared
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= pega_PostStockSplitMember
             
[1] The number of common shares outstanding for all prior periods has been retroactively restated to reflect the Company's two-for-one common stock split effected in the form of a common stock dividend distributed on April 1, 2014.