RealPage, Inc. Annual report pursuant to Section 13 and 15(d)

Annual report pursuant to Section 13 and 15(d)

Acquisitions - Additional Information (Detail)

Acquisitions - Additional Information (Detail) (USD $)	1 Months Ended	12 Months Ended			1 Months Ended			1 Months Ended															1 Months Ended			12 Months Ended		1 Months Ended				1 Months Ended			12 Months Ended	1 Months Ended				12 Months Ended		1 Months Ended		12 Months Ended		1 Months Ended
Acquisitions - Additional Information (Detail) (USD $)	Nov. 30, 2013	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011	Oct. 31, 2013 Seniors for Living, Inc.	Feb. 28, 2013 Seniors for Living, Inc.	Feb. 28, 2013 Seniors for Living, Inc. Maximum	Feb. 28, 2013 Seniors for Living, Inc. Developed product technologies	Feb. 28, 2013 Seniors for Living, Inc. Customer Relationships	Mar. 31, 2013 Rent Sentinel	Mar. 31, 2013 Rent Sentinel Developed product technologies	Mar. 31, 2013 Rent Sentinel Customer Relationships	Oct. 31, 2013 Windsor Compliance Services	Oct. 31, 2013 Windsor Compliance Services Customer Relationships	Oct. 31, 2013 MyBuilding Inc.	Oct. 31, 2013 MyBuilding Inc. Developed product technologies	Oct. 31, 2013 MyBuilding Inc. Customer Relationships	Oct. 31, 2013 Active Building LLC	Oct. 31, 2013 Active Building LLC Developed product technologies	Oct. 31, 2013 Active Building LLC Customer Relationships	Jan. 31, 2012 Vigilan Installment	Jan. 31, 2012 Vigilan Maximum	Jan. 31, 2012 Vigilan Developed product technologies	Jan. 31, 2012 Vigilan Customer Relationships	Jul. 31, 2012 RMO	Dec. 31, 2013 RMO	Jul. 31, 2012 RMO Maximum	Jul. 31, 2012 RMO Developed product technologies	Jul. 31, 2012 RMO Customer Relationships	May 31, 2011 Compliance Depot Installment	May 31, 2011 Compliance Depot Maximum	May 31, 2011 Compliance Depot Developed product technologies	May 31, 2011 Compliance Depot Customer Relationships	Jul. 31, 2011 SLN	Dec. 31, 2013 SLN	Jul. 31, 2011 SLN Maximum	Jul. 31, 2012 SLN Developed product technologies	Jul. 31, 2012 SLN Customer Relationships	Aug. 31, 2011 MTS	Dec. 31, 2013 MTS	Dec. 31, 2012 MTS Maximum	Aug. 31, 2011 MTS Developed product technologies	Aug. 31, 2011 MTS Customer Relationships	Dec. 31, 2013 Acquisition-related Costs [Member] Acquired Intangible Assets	Dec. 31, 2012 Acquisition-related Costs [Member] Acquired Intangible Assets	Mar. 31, 2013 Common Stock Issuable [Member] Rent Sentinel Tranche
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Cost of acquired substantially all of the assets						$ 2,700,000				$ 10,500,000			$ 2,700,000		$ 6,900,000			$ 14,400,000			$ 5,000,000									$ 22,500,000
Preliminary cash payment					200,000	2,300,000				7,600,000			1,300,000		4,500,000			11,300,000			4,000,000				5,500,000	700,000				19,200,000				4,000,000					64,000,000
Deferred per installment amount							200,000						1,000,000		1,500,000			2,000,000				500,000					3,500,000			1,100,000				500,000
Business acquisition, deferred payment to be made after acquisition date period in months first						6 months				12 months			12 months								12 months									6 months
Business acquisition, deferred payment to be made after acquisition date period in months second						12 months				24 months			24 months								24 months									12 months
Amortized useful life of acquired intangible assets								3 years	5 years		3 years	9 years		10 years		3 years	10 years		3 years	10 years			3 years	10 years				3 years	10 years			3 years	9 years				3 years	10 years				3 years	10 years
Direct acquisition costs						100,000				100,000			100,000		100,000			100,000			100,000				100,000						100,000			100,000					800,000
Number of tranches																																														2
Length of time after acquisition date of deferred cash payment to be made															2 years			3 years
Business combination, additional cash payment amount													500,000		1,100,000			6,500,000
Deferred cash payment, fair value															1,400,000			1,700,000
Number of deferred installments																					2									3
Business acquisition, deferred payment to be made after acquisition date period in months third																														18 months
Amount withheld from purchase consideration subject to downward adjustment																					1,000,000				3,500,000
Business combination, remaining liability																										700,000
Fair value of cash payments													1,300,000		300,000			1,300,000							200,000
Estimated fair value of common shares and conversion option																									300,000
Liability for the estimated cash payment																																		300,000	200,000
Acquisition-related contingent consideration		1,284,000	(722,000)	(410,000)																						(1,300,000)									100,000					200,000	(300,000)
Issuance of restricted common shares related to acquisition										72,500															300,000	22,000										400,000			294,770							36,250
Change in amount of contingent consideration liability																										300,000
Business acquisition contingent consideration shares issued																																			214,833
Estimate of the fair value of the common shares																																		8,400,000					6,300,000
Maximum additional cash payable on acquisition																																		500,000
Estimated of fair value of stock option exercisable																																							3,600,000
Stock options exercisable																																							349,693
Liability of put option																																							1,200,000
Cash deposited in Escrow																																							14,000,000
Shares deposited in Escrow																																							65,873
Half of amounts of escrow deposits release period after acquisition																																							12 months
Remaining escrow deposit release period after acquisition																																							18 months
Cash received in settlement of outstanding claims	1,700,000
Income tax expense (benefit)		(210,000)	4,219,000	(210,000)
Amortization charges from acquired intangible assets		$ 16,600,000	$ 18,300,000	$ 16,200,000																																								$ 2,500,000	$ 5,200,000