diff --git a/lib/common.js b/lib/common.js
index 5645e26..5a89619 100644
--- a/lib/common.js
+++ b/lib/common.js
@@ -16,6 +16,33 @@ var p = console.log;
 
 var UUID_RE = /^[0-9a-f]{8}-[0-9a-f]{4}-[0-9a-f]{4}-[0-9a-f]{4}-[0-9a-f]{12}$/;
 
+var TABULA_OPTIONS = [
+    {
+        group: 'Output options'
+    },
+    {
+        names: ['H'],
+        type: 'bool',
+        help: 'Omit table header row.'
+    },
+    {
+        names: ['o'],
+        type: 'string',
+        help: 'Specify fields (columns) to output.',
+        helpArg: 'field1,...'
+    },
+    {
+        names: ['s'],
+        type: 'string',
+        help: 'Sort on the given fields.',
+        helpArg: 'field1,...'
+    },
+    {
+        names: ['json', 'j'],
+        type: 'bool',
+        help: 'JSON output.'
+    }
+];
 
 // ---- support stuff
 
@@ -299,7 +326,6 @@ function normShortId(s) {
 }
 
 
-
 //---- exports
 
 module.exports = {
@@ -315,6 +341,7 @@ module.exports = {
     humanDurationFromMs: humanDurationFromMs,
     humanSizeFromBytes: humanSizeFromBytes,
     capitalize: capitalize,
-    normShortId: normShortId
+    normShortId: normShortId,
+    TABULA_OPTIONS: TABULA_OPTIONS
 };
 // vim: set softtabstop=4 shiftwidth=4:
diff --git a/lib/do_datacenters.js b/lib/do_datacenters.js
index d84699f..aa57d47 100644
--- a/lib/do_datacenters.js
+++ b/lib/do_datacenters.js
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@
  * `triton datacenters ...`
  */
 
+var tabula = require('tabula');
+
 var common = require('./common');
 
 function do_datacenters(subcmd, opts, args, callback) {
@@ -15,19 +17,37 @@ function do_datacenters(subcmd, opts, args, callback) {
         return;
     }
 
+    var columns = (opts.o || 'name,url').split(',');
+    var sort = (opts.s || 'name').split(',');
+
     this.triton.cloudapi.listDatacenters(function (err, datacenters) {
         if (err) {
             callback(err);
             return;
         }
 
+        /*
+         * datacenters are returned in the form of:
+         * {name: 'url', name2: 'url2', ...}
+         * we "normalize" them for use by tabula and JSON stream
+         * by making them an array
+         */
+        var dcs = [];
+        Object.keys(datacenters).forEach(function (key) {
+            dcs.push({
+                name: key,
+                url: datacenters[key]
+            });
+        });
+
         if (opts.json) {
-            console.log(JSON.stringify(datacenters));
+            common.jsonStream(dcs);
         } else {
-            // pretty print
-            Object.keys(datacenters).forEach(function (key) {
-                var val = datacenters[key];
-                console.log('%s: %s', key, val);
+            tabula(dcs, {
+                skipHeader: opts.H,
+                columns: columns,
+                sort: sort,
+                dottedLookup: true
             });
         }
         callback();
@@ -39,13 +59,8 @@ do_datacenters.options = [
         names: ['help', 'h'],
         type: 'bool',
         help: 'Show this help.'
-    },
-    {
-        names: ['json', 'j'],
-        type: 'bool',
-        help: 'JSON output.'
     }
-];
+].concat(common.TABULA_OPTIONS);
 do_datacenters.help = (
     'Show datacenters information\n'
     + '\n'
diff --git a/lib/do_instances.js b/lib/do_instances.js
index d7ae0e0..44523d9 100644
--- a/lib/do_instances.js
+++ b/lib/do_instances.js
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ function do_instances(subcmd, opts, args, callback) {
         columns = 'id,name,img,package,state,primaryIp,created'.split(',');
     }
     /* JSSTYLED */
-    var sort = opts.s.trim().split(/\s*,\s*/g);
+    var sort = (opts.s || 'created').trim().split(/\s*,\s*/g);
 
     var listOpts;
     try {
@@ -108,39 +108,9 @@ do_instances.options = [
         names: ['help', 'h'],
         type: 'bool',
         help: 'Show this help.'
-    },
-    {
-        group: 'Output options'
-    },
-    {
-        names: ['H'],
-        type: 'bool',
-        help: 'Omit table header row.'
-    },
-    {
-        names: ['o'],
-        type: 'string',
-        help: 'Specify fields (columns) to output.',
-        helpArg: 'field1,...'
-    },
-    {
-        names: ['long', 'l'],
-        type: 'bool',
-        help: 'Long/wider output. Ignored if "-o ..." is used.'
-    },
-    {
-        names: ['s'],
-        type: 'string',
-        default: 'created',
-        help: 'Sort on the given fields. Default is "created".',
-        helpArg: 'field1,...'
-    },
-    {
-        names: ['json', 'j'],
-        type: 'bool',
-        help: 'JSON output.'
     }
-];
+].concat(common.TABULA_OPTIONS);
+
 do_instances.help = (
     'List instances.\n'
     + '\n'
diff --git a/lib/do_services.js b/lib/do_services.js
index cf220bd..a413012 100644
--- a/lib/do_services.js
+++ b/lib/do_services.js
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@
  * `triton services ...`
  */
 
+var tabula = require('tabula');
+
 var common = require('./common');
 
 function do_services(subcmd, opts, args, callback) {
@@ -15,21 +17,41 @@ function do_services(subcmd, opts, args, callback) {
         return;
     }
 
+    var columns = (opts.o || 'name,endpoint').split(',');
+    var sort = (opts.s || 'name').split(',');
+
     this.triton.cloudapi.listServices(function (err, services) {
         if (err) {
             callback(err);
             return;
         }
 
+        /*
+         * services are returned in the form of:
+         * {name: 'endpoint', name2: 'endpoint2', ...}
+         * we "normalize" them for use by tabula and JSON stream
+         * by making them an array
+         */
+
+        var svcs = [];
+        Object.keys(services).forEach(function (key) {
+            svcs.push({
+                name: key,
+                endpoint: services[key]
+            });
+        });
+
         if (opts.json) {
-            console.log(JSON.stringify(services));
+            common.jsonStream(svcs);
         } else {
-            // pretty print
-            Object.keys(services).forEach(function (key) {
-                var val = services[key];
-                console.log('%s: %s', key, val);
+            tabula(svcs, {
+                skipHeader: opts.H,
+                columns: columns,
+                sort: sort,
+                dottedLookup: true
             });
         }
+
         callback();
     });
 }
@@ -39,13 +61,9 @@ do_services.options = [
         names: ['help', 'h'],
         type: 'bool',
         help: 'Show this help.'
-    },
-    {
-        names: ['json', 'j'],
-        type: 'bool',
-        help: 'JSON output.'
     }
-];
+].concat(common.TABULA_OPTIONS);
+
 do_services.help = (
     'Show services information\n'
     + '\n'