Is Indra greater than Vishnu?

Is Indra greater than Vishnu? I am sure this post will cause a lot of controversy but facts are more important than feelings - so here we go. Actually according to the Rig Veda, Indra is indeed greater than Vishnu although both of them were best friends, but Indra was the greater. Indra has 243 sūktas glorifying him and Vishnu only has 4. They both have 2 joint sūktas and Indra-vaikuṇṭa has 4. So just judging by popularity alone Indra is greater than Vishnu. The deed for which Vishnu is most praised in the Rig Veda is his taking of three steps (tripāda) He who for the benefit of humankind in his affliction thrice measured out the earthly regions, Visnu- When one so great as you gives shelter, may we with wealth and with ourselves be happy. (6, 49;13); The commentaries interpret these three steps at being the stages of the Sun’s apparent motion, dawn, noon and dusk, and Vishnu’s primary identification is with the Sun. The most prominent secondary characteristic of Visnu is his friendship for Indra, with whom he is frequently allied in the fight against Vrtra. This is indicated by the fact that one whole Hymn (6, 69) is dedicated to the two deities conjointly, and that Indra's name is coupled with that of Visnu in the dual as often as with that of Soma, though the name of the latter occurs much more frequently in the RV. The closeness of their alliance is also indicated by the fact that in hymns extolling Vishnu alone, Indra is the only other deity, incidentally associated with him either explicitly You two have destroyed, you Indra, and you Visnu, Sambara's nine-and-ninety fenced castles. (7:99:5) Your Soma-drinker keeps afar your furious rush, Indra and Vishnu, when you come with all your might. (1:155 2) In one hymn Vishnu plays Indra’s cook and serves him a feast of one hundred buffaloes:– vardhā̱nyaṁ viśve̍ ma̱ruta̍ḥ sa̱joṣā̱ḥ paca̍ccha̱taṁ ma̍hi̱ṣāṇ i̍ndra̱ tubhya̍m | pū̱ṣā viṣṇu̱s trīṇi̱ sarā̍ṁsi dhāvan vṛtra̱haṇa̍ṁ madi̱ram a̱ṁśum a̍smai || 6:017:11 He cooked a hundred buffaloes, O Indra, for you whom all accordant Maruts strengthen. He, Pushan-Visnu, poured out three great vessels to him, the juice that cheers, that slaughters Vrtra. (6,17:11) (or 100 buffaloes and a brew of milk according to 8:66:10 cp. 1, 617). In the Purānas Indra was unceremoniously demoted to a mere regent of the Eastern direction from which Sūrya Nārāyaṇa - or Viṣṇu - his best friend arises every morning. So they are still eternally associated but Viṣṇu is now supreme.