Organization and Description of Business (Details) proprietary_product in Thousands	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2019 item proprietary_product account_product
Number of RIAs \| item	4
Envestnet Enterprise
Number of investment products	20,000
Envestnet Portfolio Management Consultants (“PMC”)
Number of investment products	4,500
Number of Proprietary Products \| proprietary_product	1

Represents the number of Registered Investment Advisors (RIAs), operated by the entity.

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