Line of Credit	6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2014
Debt Disclosure [Abstract]
Line of Credit	Line of Credit On July 11, 2012, Sapient International GmbH, a Switzerland subsidiary of the Company (the “Borrower”), entered into an uncommitted, multi-currency revolving credit facility (the “Facility”) with a bank. The Facility permits the Borrower to request advances for general working capital purposes, in U.S. dollars, British pounds sterling and euros, not to exceed an equivalent of $20 million U.S. dollars in the aggregate. On April 29, 2014, the Company amended the Facility primarily to add Sapient Limited, a subsidiary of Sapient U.K., as an additional borrower. All other terms of the amended facility remained consistent with the original Facility. For each advance, the Borrower requests a term of one, two, three or six months, or such other period to which the Borrower and the bank may agree. Each advance is due for repayment on the last day of the agreed-upon term, or upon demand by the bank or termination of the Facility. Each advance bears interest at an annualized rate equal to the London Interbank Offered Rate (“LIBOR”) benchmark rate in effect on the advance date and applicable to the relevant term plus 2.25%. Interest is payable every three months, or at the end of the relevant advance term if such term is less than three months. The Facility does not have a contractual term, but the bank may terminate the Facility at any time. The Facility does not include any financial covenants. Any obligations incurred by the Borrower under the Facility are guaranteed at all times by Sapient Corporation. As of August 6, 2014, the Borrower had not drawn any advances under the Facility.

Line of Credit

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2014

On July 11, 2012, Sapient International GmbH, a Switzerland subsidiary of the Company (the “Borrower”), entered into an uncommitted, multi-currency revolving credit facility (the “Facility”) with a bank. The Facility permits the Borrower to request advances for general working capital purposes, in U.S. dollars, British pounds sterling and euros, not to exceed an equivalent of $20 million U.S. dollars in the aggregate. On April 29, 2014, the Company amended the Facility primarily to add Sapient Limited, a subsidiary of Sapient U.K., as an additional borrower. All other terms of the amended facility remained consistent with the original Facility. For each advance, the Borrower requests a term of one, two, three or six months, or such other period to which the Borrower and the bank may agree. Each advance is due for repayment on the last day of the agreed-upon term, or upon demand by the bank or termination of the Facility. Each advance bears interest at an annualized rate equal to the London Interbank Offered Rate (“LIBOR”) benchmark rate in effect on the advance date and applicable to the relevant term plus 2.25%. Interest is payable every three months, or at the end of the relevant advance term if such term is less than three months. The Facility does not have a contractual term, but the bank may terminate the Facility at any time. The Facility does not include any financial covenants. Any obligations incurred by the Borrower under the Facility are guaranteed at all times by Sapient Corporation. As of August 6, 2014, the Borrower had not drawn any advances under the Facility.