Supplemental Guarantor Financial Statements - Additional Information (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Millions		6 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
Jul. 08, 2015	Jun. 30, 2016	Dec. 31, 2015
SS&C Technologies Holdings, Inc [Member]
Supplemental Guarantor Financial Statements [Line Items]
Ownership in subsidiary percentage	100.00%
5.875% Senior Notes due 2023 [Member] \| Senior Notes [Member]
Supplemental Guarantor Financial Statements [Line Items]
Debt principal amount	$ 600.0
Debt, interest rate	5.875%	5.875%	5.875%
Debt, due date	2023	2023	2023

Face (par) amount of debt instrument at time of issuance.

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 835
-SubTopic 30
-Section 55
-Paragraph 8
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=64930739&loc=d3e28878-108400

Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 835
-SubTopic 30
-Section 45
-Paragraph 2
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=64930785&loc=d3e28551-108399

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