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Significant Accounting Policies (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2024
Accounting Policies [Abstract] |
Schedule of Property and Equipment Recorded at Cost and Depreciated on Straight-line Basis Over Estimated Useful Lives | Property and equipment are recorded at cost and depreciated on a straight-line basis over the estimated useful lives as follows (in thousands):
|  | December 31, |  |  |
Asset |  | 2024 |  |  | 2023 |  |  | Estimated Useful Life
Computer software |  | $ | 108,805 |  |  | $ | 98,139 |  |  | 18 months - 5 years
Computer hardware |  |  | 12,995 |  |  |  | 12,050 |  |  | 3 - 5 years
Leasehold improvements |  |  | 17,398 |  |  |  | 17,568 |  |  | Lesser of useful life or lease term
Furniture and fixtures |  |  | 4,601 |  |  |  | 3,857 |  |  | 5 - 10 years
Property and equipment, gross |  |  | 143,799 |  |  |  | 131,614 |  |  |
Less: Accumulated depreciation |  |  | (103,095 | ) |  |  | (87,761 | ) |  |
Property and equipment, net |  | $ | 40,704 |  |  | $ | 43,853 |  |  |
Schedule of Components of Cloud Computing Arrangements Net | Cost and accumulated amortization is as follows (in thousands):
|  | December 31, |
|  | 2024 |  |  | 2023 |
Cloud computing arrangements, gross |  | $ | 11,681 |  |  | $ | 9,970 |
Less: Accumulated amortization |  |  | (3,177 | ) |  |  | (2,121 | )
Cloud computing arrangements, net |  | $ | 8,504 |  |  | $ | 7,849 |
Schedule of Amortizable Intangible Assets Amortized on Straight-line Basis over Estimated Useful Lives | Amortizable intangible assets are amortized on a straight-line basis over the estimated useful lives as follows:
Intangible Asset |  | Estimated Useful Life
Acquired software |  | 2 - 7 years
Customer relationships |  | 3 - 14 years
Other trade names |  | 5 - 12 years
Schedule of allowance for doubtful accounts | As of December 31, 2024, the Company's rollforward of the allowance for doubtful accounts is as follows (in thousands):
Description |  | Balance at Beginning of Period |  |  | Additions Charged to Costs and Expenses |  |  | Write-offs |  |  | Recoveries |  |  | Balance at End of Period |
Allowance for doubtful accounts: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
2024 |  | $ | 2,473 |  |  | $ | 3,389 |  |  | $ | (4,306 | ) |  | $ | 899 |  |  | $ | 2,455 |
2023 |  |  | 1,890 |  |  |  | 2,986 |  |  |  | (3,056 | ) |  |  | 653 |  |  |  | 2,473 |
Schedule of Approximate Fair Value and Related Carrying Value of the Company's Outstanding Indebtedness | The approximate fair value and related carrying value of the Company's outstanding indebtedness, as of December 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023 were as follows (in millions):
|  | December 31, 2024 |  |  | December 31, 2023 |
Fair Value |  | $ | 456.6 |  |  | $ | 470.9 |
Carrying Value |  |  | 460.0 |  |  |  | 490.0 |

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