Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

Earnings Per Share (Details)

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Earnings Per Share (Details) (USD $)
In Thousands, except Share data, unless otherwise specified
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2015
Mar. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2014
Dec. 15, 2014
Reconciliation of the numerators and denominators used in computing basic and diluted net income per share        
Net income attributable to Envestnet, Inc. $ 2,511us-gaap_NetIncomeLossAvailableToCommonStockholdersBasic $ 2,994us-gaap_NetIncomeLossAvailableToCommonStockholdersBasic    
Basic number of weighted-average shares outstanding 35,147,043us-gaap_WeightedAverageNumberOfSharesOutstandingBasic 34,115,444us-gaap_WeightedAverageNumberOfSharesOutstandingBasic    
Effect of dilutive shares:        
Options to purchase common stock (in shares) 1,988,124us-gaap_IncrementalCommonSharesAttributableToShareBasedPaymentArrangements 2,230,313us-gaap_IncrementalCommonSharesAttributableToShareBasedPaymentArrangements    
Unvested restricted stock (in shares) 181,767us-gaap_IncrementalCommonSharesAttributableToNonvestedSharesWithForfeitableDividends 213,226us-gaap_IncrementalCommonSharesAttributableToNonvestedSharesWithForfeitableDividends    
Diluted number of weighted-average shares outstanding 37,316,934us-gaap_WeightedAverageNumberOfDilutedSharesOutstanding 36,558,983us-gaap_WeightedAverageNumberOfDilutedSharesOutstanding    
Basic (in dollars per share) $ 0.07us-gaap_EarningsPerShareBasic $ 0.09us-gaap_EarningsPerShareBasic    
Diluted (in dollars per share) $ 0.07us-gaap_EarningsPerShareDiluted $ 0.08us-gaap_EarningsPerShareDiluted    
Unsecured debt | Convertible Notes        
Conversion price (in dollars per share) $ 62.88us-gaap_DebtInstrumentConvertibleConversionPrice1
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