Canvas or an authored particle runtime?
Compare a small hand-coded Canvas 2D alternative with a NixieFX export rendered in PixiJS. Each produces one 24-particle burst; matching counts do not imply matching positions, appearance, speed or cost.
Hand-coded Canvas 2D
NixieFX export → PixiJS
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The baseline has a seeded velocity list, circles and a fade. It has no visual editor, curves UI, bundle support report, material graph or Three.js adapter. This runtime example uses only procedural unlit billboards. Three.js is checked by export diagnostics, not executed here.
No device-performance benchmark or broad product ranking. Prepared with AI assistance for a NixieFX marketing assignment.